Installation

Debugger components

The IBM Debugger for AIX uses a client/server model composed of two components:

Pin Memory Monitor icon
Notes:
  • The AIX client of the IBM Debugger for AIX is discontinued. For information about the Windows client, see Installation information for the Windows client.
  • The IBM Debugger for AIX, V12.1 debug engine is a 64-bit application.
  • The IBM Debugger for AIX, V12.1 supersedes the IBM Distributed Debugger. If the IBM Distributed Debugger, V9.2 is installed on your system, it will be removed upon installation of the IBM Debugger for AIX, V12.1. The post-installation script then modifies the idebug fileset levels in the Object Data Manager (ODM) database to 99.99.9999.9999 to prevent future installations of idebug.* filesets.
  • The debug engine reports itself as version 12.1.0. The debug client reports itself as version 7.1.1. Collectively, these components are referred to as IBM Debugger for AIX, V12.1.

Installation information for the AIX debug engine

Required operating system

IBM Debugger for AIX, V12.1 debugger engine must be installed on one of the following AIX operating systems:

Compatibility with previous debugger versions

The installation of the IBM Debugger of AIX debug engine uninstalls any existing debuggers. To restore previous debuggers, do the following steps:

  1. Uninstall the IBM Debugger for AIX, V12.1 debug engine with this command:
    installp -ug ibmdebugger
  2. Reinstall any previous debuggers according to their documentation.

Installation instructions

Note: The IBM Debugger for AIX, V12.1 debug engine filesets, ibmdebugger.*, are installed by default during a basic compiler installation. If you did not do a default compiler installation, you can follow the instructions to install the IBM Debugger for AIX debug engine on your AIX machine.

To install the IBM Debugger for AIX debug engine on your AIX machine, do the following steps:

  1. Enter the usr/sys/inst.images/ directory of the compiler installation image.
  2. Run this command:
    installp -aXgd . ibmdebugger

The debug engine will be installed to the /usr/idebug/ directory.

Table 1. IBM Debugger filesets
Fileset name Fileset description
ibmdebugger IBM® Debugger for AIX®
ibmdebugger.engine IBM Debugger for AIX Compiled Languages Engine
ibmdebugger.engine.msg.LANG

IBM Debugger messages
LANG = [de_DE, en_US, en_ES, fr_FR, it_IT, ja_JP,
ko_KR, pt_BR, zh_CN, zh_TW]

ibmdebugger.jre Supersede entry, not installed
ibmdebugger.ui Supersede entry, not installed

Installation information for the Windows client

To install the IBM Debugger for AIX debug client on your Windows workstation, do the following steps:

  1. Copy the compressed file, IBMdebugger/windows/idebug.install_7.1.1.zip, from the compiler CD-ROM or electronic image to your Windows machine, and uncompress it.
  2. Run install.exe.

The installation process also installs the IBM Installation Manager.

If previous versions of the IBM Debugger for AIX debug client present, you must uninstall them before you install this version.

To uninstall the debug client, start the IBM Installation Manager and select the Uninstall option.

For information about the included Java runtime environment, see readmefirst.win32.txt in the jre/docs/ directory of the installation image.


Feedback