# Building on AIX 5.3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 21, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-on-aix-5-3/64042 "2006-06-21T16:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justinj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@justinj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justinj)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-on-aix-5-3/64042/1 "2006-06-21T16:17:47Z")
Hello, I’m having a difficult time building Ruby on AIX 5.3. I’m installing it on a separate file system (/svn) to avoid the need for root access. First I uncompress the following prebuilt binaries to /svn. I downloaded these binaries from [http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/](http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/). autoconf.2.59.tar.Z gcc.4.1.0.tar.Z libtool.1.5.22.tar.Z m4.1.4.4.tar.Z make.3.80.tar.Z zlib.1.2.3.tar.Z Note that I didn’t install binutils (ld and company) because it was causing some problems for some of the other packages I am building. So I’m using the version of ld that comes with the OS. Then I attempt to build Ruby, first unzipping and configuring it with the following commands. cd $build\_dir gunzip $src\_dir/ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz tar xvf $src\_dir/ruby-1.8.4.tar cd ruby-1.8.4 ./configure --prefix=/svn This completes successfully. Then I run make, which ends with an error. svnadm /svn/build/ruby-1.8.4\>make gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c array.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c bignum.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c class.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c compar.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c dir.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c dln.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c enum.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c error.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c eval.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c file.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c gc.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c hash.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c inits.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c io.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c marshal.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c math.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c numeric.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c object.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c pack.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c parse.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c process.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c prec.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c random.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c range.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c re.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c regex.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c ruby.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c signal.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c sprintf.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c st.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c string.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c struct.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c time.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c util.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c variable.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c version.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c ./missing/flock.c gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c dmyext.c ar rcu libruby-static.a array.o bignum.o class.o compar.o dir.o dln.o enum.o error.o eval.o file.o gc.o hash.o inits.o io.o marshal.o math.o numeric.o object.o pack.o parse.o process.o prec.o random.o range.o re.o regex.o ruby.o signal.o sprintf.o st.o string.o struct.o time.o util.o variable.o version.o flock.o dmyext.o gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c main.c gcc main.o libruby-static.a -ldl -lcrypt -lm -o miniruby -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -brtl gcc: unrecognized option ‘-brtl’ rbconfig.rb updated compiling Win32API compiling bigdecimal make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/bigdecimal' mkdir -p ../../.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0 gcc -g -O2 -I. -I../.. -I../../. -I../.././ext/bigdecimal -c bigdecimal.c In file included from ../../ruby.h:24, from bigdecimal.c:23: ../../config.h:8:1: warning: "_ALL_SOURCE" redefined In file included from /svn/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0/4.1.0/include/ctype.h:46, from bigdecimal.c:16: /usr/include/standards.h:130:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit_bigdecimal -bI:../../ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -L"../.." -o ../../.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/bigdecimal.so bigdecimal.o -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc ld: 0706-003 Cannot find or read import file: ../../ruby.imp ld:accessx(): A file or directory in the path name does not exist. make[1]: *** [../../.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/bigdecimal.so] Error 255 make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/bigdecimal’ make: \*\*\* [all] Error 1 svnadm /svn/build/ruby-1.8.4\> As an attempt to get around this error I tried making ruby.imp and then running make again. This got me a little further. svnadm /svn/build/ruby-1.8.4\>make ruby.imp svnadm /svn/build/ruby-1.8.4\>make compiling Win32API make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/Win32API' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all’. make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/Win32API' compiling bigdecimal make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/bigdecimal’ /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit\_bigdecimal -bI:…/…/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -L"…/…" -o …/…/.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/bigdecimal.so bigdecimal.o -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc mkdir -p …/…/.ext/bigdecimal cp …/…/./ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/jacobian.rb …/…/.ext/bigdecimal cp …/…/./ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/ludcmp.rb …/…/.ext/bigdecimal cp …/…/./ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/math.rb …/…/.ext/bigdecimal cp …/…/./ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/newton.rb …/…/.ext/bigdecimal cp …/…/./ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb …/…/.ext/bigdecimal make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/bigdecimal' compiling curses make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/curses’ gcc -g -O2 -I. -I…/… -I…/…/. -I…/…/./ext/curses -DHAVE\_CURSES\_H -DHAVE\_BEEP -DHAVE\_BKGD -DHAVE\_BKGDSET -DHAVE\_CURS\_SET -DHAVE\_DELETELN -DHAVE\_DOUPDATE -DHAVE\_FLASH -DHAVE\_GETBKGD -DHAVE\_GETNSTR -DHAVE\_ISENDWIN -DHAVE\_KEYNAME -DHAVE\_KEYPAD -DHAVE\_SCRL -DHAVE\_SETSCRREG -DHAVE\_UNGETCH -DHAVE\_WATTROFF -DHAVE\_WATTRON -DHAVE\_WATTRSET -DHAVE\_WBKGD -DHAVE\_WBKGDSET -DHAVE\_WDELETELN -DHAVE\_WGETNSTR -DHAVE\_WSCRL -DHAVE\_WSETSCRREG -DHAVE\_DEF\_PROG\_MODE -DHAVE\_RESET\_PROG\_MODE -DHAVE\_TIMEOUT -DHAVE\_WTIMEOUT -DHAVE\_NODELAY -DHAVE\_INIT\_COLOR -DHAVE\_WCOLOR\_SET -c curses.c /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit\_curses -bI:…/…/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -L"…/…" -o …/…/.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/curses.so curses.o -lcurses -ltermcap -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/curses' compiling dbm make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/dbm’ gcc -g -O2 -DDBM\_HDR=“\” -I. -I…/… -I…/…/. -I…/…/./ext/dbm -DHAVE\_DBM\_OPEN -DHAVE\_NDBM\_H -DHAVE\_TYPE\_DBM -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_DBM\_OPEN -DHAVE\_DBM\_CLEARERR -c dbm.c /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit\_dbm -bI:…/…/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -L"…/…" -o …/…/.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/dbm.so dbm.o -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/dbm' compiling digest make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest’ gcc -g -O2 -I. -I…/… -I…/…/. -I…/…/./ext/digest -c digest.c /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit\_digest -bI:…/…/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -L"…/…" -o …/…/.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/digest.so digest.o -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc cp …/…/./ext/digest/lib/md5.rb …/…/.ext cp …/…/./ext/digest/lib/sha1.rb …/…/.ext make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest' compiling digest/md5 make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest/md5’ mkdir -p …/…/…/.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/digest gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/md5/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/md5 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -c md5init.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/md5/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/md5 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -c md5.c /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit\_md5 -bI:…/…/…/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -L"…/…/…" -o …/…/…/.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/digest/md5.so md5init.o md5.o -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest/md5' compiling digest/rmd160 make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest/rmd160’ gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/rmd160/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/rmd160 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -c rmd160init.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/rmd160/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/rmd160 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -c rmd160.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/rmd160/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/rmd160 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -c rmd160hl.c /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit\_rmd160 -bI:…/…/…/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -L"…/…/…" -o …/…/…/.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/digest/rmd160.so rmd160init.o rmd160.o rmd160hl.o -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest/rmd160' compiling digest/sha1 make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest/sha1’ gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha1/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha1 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -c sha1init.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha1/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha1 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -c sha1.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha1/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha1 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -c sha1hl.c /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit\_sha1 -bI:…/…/…/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -L"…/…/…" -o …/…/…/.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/digest/sha1.so sha1init.o sha1.o sha1hl.o -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest/sha1' compiling digest/sha2 make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest/sha2’ gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha2/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha2 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -DHAVE\_TYPE\_UINT64\_T -c sha2.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha2/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha2 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -DHAVE\_TYPE\_UINT64\_T -c sha2hl.c gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE\_CONFIG\_H -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha2/… -I. -I…/…/… -I…/…/…/. -I…/…/…/./ext/digest/sha2 -DHAVE\_SYS\_CDEFS\_H -DHAVE\_INTTYPES\_H -DHAVE\_UNISTD\_H -DHAVE\_TYPE\_UINT64\_T -c sha2init.c /usr/ccs/bin/ld -brtl -eInit\_sha2 -bI:…/…/…/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -L"…/…/…" -o …/…/…/.ext/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/digest/sha2.so sha2.o sha2hl.o sha2init.o -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/digest/sha2' compiling dl make[1]: Entering directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/dl’ Generating callback.func /svn/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-aix5.3.0.0/etc.so: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc-aix5.3.0.0] make[1]: \*\*\* [callback.func] IOT/Abort trap (core dumped) make[1]: \*\*\* Deleting file `callback.func' make[1]: Leaving directory `/svn/build/ruby-1.8.4/ext/dl’ make: \*\*\* [all] Error 1 svnadm /svn/build/ruby-1.8.4\> Does anyone know how to get around these problems, or what the problems are to begin with? Thanks, Justin ---
**Author:** ![justinj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@justinj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justinj)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-on-aix-5-3/64042/2 "2006-06-24T09:46:45Z")
On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:16 AM, Justin J. wrote: > Hello, > > I’m having a difficult time building Ruby on AIX 5.3. I’m installing > it on a separate file system (/svn) to avoid the need for root access. > First I uncompress the following prebuilt binaries to /svn. I > downloaded these binaries from [http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/](http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/). I’ve noticed pdslib is not so hot as it once was. I’ve had much better success using the RPM packages that IBM provides with their AIX Toolbox for Linux: [http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html](http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html) Granted, some of the packages are not as new as the ones below, but they work. > So I’m using the version of ld that comes with the OS. > You shouldn’t need it. The linker that ships with AIX is the one you > want. > Then I attempt to build Ruby, first unzipping and configuring it with > the following commands. > > cd $build\_dir > gunzip $src\_dir/ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz > tar xvf $src\_dir/ruby-1.8.4.tar > cd ruby-1.8.4 > ./configure --prefix=/svn > This completes successfully. Then I run make, which ends with an > error. > > svnadm /svn/build/ruby-1.8.4\>make > gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c array.c [snip] > As an attempt to get around this error I tried making ruby.imp and > then running make again. This got me a little further. You are heading down the same path that I took a couple of months ago. There is a missing dependency in the Makefile for ruby.imp when building on AIX. There is a patch for it, but ‘make ruby.imp’ is a simple work-around that accomplishes the same thing. > svnadm /svn/build/ruby-1.8.4\>make ruby.imp > svnadm /svn/build/ruby-1.8.4\>make [snip] > svnadm /svn/build/ruby-1.8.4\> > Try removing your entire /svn/lib/ruby directory or moving it out of > the way as it appears the ‘dl’ extension > is referencing an old library in that directory (or a library from a > previous build). I’ve seen this myself > and removing my prior install allowed it to compile. > Does anyone know how to get around these problems, or what the > problems are to begin with? I had the same problems you were experiencing and once I got it working I figured I better write it down: [http://homepage.mac.com/cjgibbons/rubyonaixhowto/t1.html](http://homepage.mac.com/cjgibbons/rubyonaixhowto/t1.html) Hope it helps, if it doesn’t let me know. Christopher Gibbons ---
**Author:** ![justinj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@justinj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justinj)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-on-aix-5-3/64042/3 "2006-06-28T20:15:36Z")
Christopher Gibbons wrote: [snip] > I had the same problems you were experiencing and once I got it > working I figured I better write it down: > > [http://homepage.mac.com/cjgibbons/rubyonaixhowto/t1.html](http://homepage.mac.com/cjgibbons/rubyonaixhowto/t1.html) Fabulous! Thanks!