comp.unix.aix Frequently Asked Questions (Part 4 of 5)

• Introduction
• 2.05: How do I make my own shared library?
• 2.06: Linking my program fails with strange errors. Why?
• 2.07: Why does it take so long to compile "hello world" with xlc?
• 2.08: What's with malloc()?
• 2.09: Why does xlc complain about 'extern char *strcpy()'
• 2.10: Why do I get 'Parameter list cannot contain fewer ....'
• 2.11: Why does xlc complain about '(sometype *)somepointer = something'
• 2.12: Some more common errors
• 2.13: Can the compiler generate assembler code?
• 2.14: Curses
• 2.15: How do I speed up linking
• 2.16: What is deadbeef?
• 2.17: How do I make an export list from a library archive?
• 2.19: Building imake, makedepend
• 2.20: How can tell what shared libraries a binary is linked with?
• 2.21: Can I get a PTF for my C/C++ compiler from the net?
• 2.22: Why does "install"ing software I got from the net fail?
• 2.23: What is Linker TOC overflow error 12?
• 2.24: What is the limit on number of shared memory segments I can attach?
• 2.25: I deleted libc.a by accident --- how do I recover?
• 2.26: Where can I find dlopen, dlclose, and dlsym for AIX?
• 2.27: Where can I find ldd for AIX?
• 2.28: How do I make my program binary executable on the POWER, POWER2, and POWERPC architecures?
• 2.29: How do I access more than 256 Megabytes of memory?
• 2.30: How do I use POSIX threads with gcc 2.7.x?
• 2.31: Why does pthread_create return the error code 22?
• 2.32: How do I build programs under a later AIX release that run under earlier releases as well?
• 3.00: Fortran and other compilers
• 3.01: I have problems mixing Fortran and C code, why?
• 3.02: How do I statically bind Fortran libraries and dynamically bind C libraries?
• 3.03: How do I check if a number is NaN?
• 3.04: Some info sources on IEEE floating point.
• 3.05: Why does it take so long to compile "hello world" with xlf?
• 4.00: GNU and Public Domain software
• 4.01: How do I find sources?
• 4.02: Are there any ftp or WWW sites?
• 4.03: Why does "install"ing software I got from the net fail?
• 4.04: GNU Emacs
• 4.05: gcc/gdb
• 4.06: GNU Ghostscript
• 4.07 TeX - Document processing
• 4.08 Perl - Scripting language
• 4.09: X-Windows
• 4.10 Bash - /bin/ksh alternative from FSF
• 4.11: Elm
• 4.12: Oberon 2.2
• 4.13: Kermit - Communications
• 4.14: Gnu dbm
• 4.15 tcsh - an alternative shell
• 4.16: Kyoto Common Lisp
• 4.17 Tcl/Tk - X-Windows scripting
• 4.18: Expect
• 4.19: Public domain software on CD
• 4.20: Andrew Toolkit
• 4.21: sudo
• 4.22: Flexfax/HylaFax and other fax software
• 4.23: lsof - LiSt Open Files
• 4.24: popper - POP3 mail daemon
• 4.26: mpeg link errors version 2.0
• 4.27: NNTP, INN
• 4.28: Zmodem - File transfer
• 4.29: Patch - automated file updates
• 4.30: XNTP - network time protocol, synchronizes clocks
• 4.31: GNU Screen and AIX 4.1.x
• 4.32: SCSI scanner software
• 4.33: Pager/Paging software
• 4.34: JAVA Development Kit
• 4.35: Sendmail
• 5.00: Third party products
• 5.01: Non-IBM AIX hosts.
• 5.02: Disk/Tape/SCSI
• 5.03: Memory
• 5.04: Others
• 5.05: C++ compilers
• 5.06: Memory leak detectors
• 5.07: PPP
• 5.08: Graphics adapters
• 5.09: Training Courses
• 5.10: Hardware Vendors
• 5.11: Debugging aides
• 6.00: Miscellaneous other stuff
• 6.01: Can I get support by e-mail?
• 6.02: List of useful faxes
• 6.03: IBM's gopher, WWW, aftp presence.
• 6.04: Some RS232 hints