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IBM XL UPC Compilers

A compiler with implementation for Unified Parallel C (UPC) High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications on large-scale, parallel processing machines.

Date Posted: November 14, 2005

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Platform requirements

IBM® XL UPC Alpha Edition for AIX®, Version 10.1

IBM XL UPC Alpha Edition for Linux®, Version 10.1

XL UPC Alpha Edition for Blue Gene®/L, Version 0.9

Installation instructions

IBM XL UPC Alpha Edition for AIX, Version 10.1

The IBM XL UPC AIX add-on package consists of the following Installp packages:

Within the above Installp packages are the following file sets, which will be installed on your system:

  1. Make sure that you have root user access and that the prerequisites have been installed.
  2. Install the package by using the following command:
    % installp -ad . vac.upc.aix52.lib vac.upc.core vac.upc.lib vac.upc.tnb
    

The package can be uninstalled by using the following command (root user access is required):

% installp -u vac.upc

IBM XL UPC Alpha Edition for Linux, Version 10.1

The IBM XL UPC Linux add-on package consists of the following RPM packages, which will be installed on your system:

  1. Make sure that you have root user access and that the prerequisites have been installed.
  2. Install the package by using the following command:
    % rpm -ivh vac.upc.cmp-10.1.0-0.ppc64.rpm vac.upc.lib-10.1.0-0.ppc64.rpm
    

  3. Generate the upc.cfg configuration file using the new_install utility:
    % /opt/ibmcmp/upc/1.0/bin/new_install
    

The package can be uninstalled by using the following command (root user access is required):

% rpm -e vac.upc.cmp vac.upc.lib

IBM XL UPC Alpha Edition for Blue Gene/L, Version 0.9

The IBM XL UPC Blue Gene/L add-on package consists of the following RPM packages, which will be installed on your system:

  1. Make sure that you have root user access and that the prerequisites have been installed.
  2. Install the package by using the following command:
    % rpm -ivh vac.bg.upc.cmp-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm vac.bg.upc.lib-0.9.0-0.ppc64.rpm
    
  3. Generate the upc.cfg configuration file using the new install utility:
    % /opt/ibmcmp/upc/bg/1.0/bin/new_install
    

The package can be uninstalled by using the following command (root user access is required):

% rpm -e vac.bg.upc.cmp vac.bg.upc.lib


Download description

Filename File size Description
xlupc.0.9.0.bgl.Alpha.tar.gz    12492KBTar file containing IBM XL UPC for Blue Gene/L Compiler
xlupc.10.1.0.aix.Alpha.tar.Z    34720KBTar file containing IBM XL UPC for AIX Compiler
xlupc.10.1.0.sles.Alpha.tar.gz    17920KBTar file containing IBM XL UPC for Linux Compiler

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