Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Summary of changes -- February 2003, Second Edition -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 AIX -- 1.1.1 Current version and features -- 1.2 Linux -- 1.2.1 Brief history -- 1.2.2 About Linux's copyright -- 1.2.3 The GNU Project and the Linux kernel -- 1.2.4 Different flavors of Linux -- 1.3 Linux at IBM -- 1.3.1 IBM's UNIX-based operating system strategy -- 1.4 The integration of AIX and Linux on pSeries -- 1.4.1 Linux on xSeries + AIX on pSeries -- 1.4.2 Linux affinity on AIX 5L -- 1.4.3 Linux and AIX interoperability -- 1.4.4 Native Linux on pSeries -- Chapter 2. AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications -- 2.1 Toolbox overview -- 2.1.1 UNIX/AIX/Linux standard compliance -- 2.1.2 Toolbox objective -- 2.1.3 Open Source Software -- 2.1.4 Open Source Software in the Toolbox -- 2.1.5 Other sources of Open Source Software -- 2.2 Design of the Toolbox -- 2.2.1 Toolbox FTP site directory structure -- 2.2.2 Creation of the Toolbox -- 2.2.3 Toolbox RPM packaging format -- 2.2.4 Toolbox directory structure -- 2.2.5 How to enable the use of the Toolbox commands -- 2.3 Installing the Toolbox RPM packages -- 2.3.1 How to install rpm.rte -- 2.3.2 How to download Toolbox packages -- 2.3.3 How to install and manage the Toolbox RPM packages -- 2.3.4 How to install packages using the rpm command -- 2.3.5 How to uninstall packages using the rpm command -- 2.3.6 How to verify installed packages using the rpm command -- 2.3.7 How to query installed packages with the rpm command -- 2.3.8 How to find the installed package a file belongs to -- 2.3.9 How to find the uninstalled package a file belongs to -- 2.3.10 How to find the prerequisites for a package -- 2.3.11 How to query package information from the RPM file.

2.3.12 How to query package information from the RPM database -- 2.3.13 How to query all files in uninstalled packages -- 2.3.14 How to query all files in installed packages -- 2.3.15 How to query specific information from the RPM database -- 2.3.16 How to identify corrupt package files -- 2.3.17 How to extract files from a package -- 2.3.18 How to install RPM and BFF packages with SMIT or geninstall -- Chapter 3. Porting Open Source Software to AIX -- 3.1 Why to port Open Source Software -- 3.2 How to obtain Open Source Software -- 3.3 The GNUPro development environment -- 3.4 How to build RPM packages -- 3.4.1 How to build a RPM from a Toolbox SRPM -- 3.4.2 How to build RPMs from Toolbox SRPM with upgraded source -- 3.4.3 How to build RPMs from patched Toolbox SRPMs -- 3.5 How to compile OSS from TAR packages -- 3.6 How to create your own Open Source Software -- 3.7 How to create SRPMs and RPMs from sources -- Chapter 4. Graphical desktops -- 4.1 Desktop and graphical applications -- 4.1.1 The X Window System -- 4.2 X Window managers -- 4.2.1 The kwin window managers -- 4.2.2 The enlightenment window manager -- 4.2.3 The sawfish window manager -- 4.2.4 The dtwm window manager -- 4.3 The Toolbox graphical environment -- 4.4 The CDE desktop -- 4.4.1 The front panel -- 4.5 The KDE desktop -- 4.5.1 KDE desktop layout -- 4.5.2 KDE applications -- 4.6 The Gnome desktop -- 4.6.1 Gnome desktop layout -- 4.6.2 GnomeRPM -- 4.7 Installing KDE and Gnome -- 4.7.1 How to install a desktop during AIX 5.2 base installation -- 4.7.2 How to install and customize KDE from the Toolbox -- 4.7.3 How to install and customize Gnome from the Toolbox -- Chapter 5. Native Linux on pSeries -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Installation of native Linux on pSeries -- 5.2.1 Linux installation on pSeries deskside models -- 5.2.2 Using VNC and putty for easier installation.

5.2.3 Systems without a graphics adapter -- 5.2.4 Linux Installation on pSeries LPARs (p690 - Regatta) -- 5.2.5 Boot configuration and kernel recompile -- 5.3 Available software for Linux on pSeries -- Chapter 6. Tools in the Toolbox -- 6.1 Toolbox tools -- 6.2 Networking and e-mail tools -- 6.2.1 ethereal -- 6.2.2 rsync -- 6.2.3 ftpcopy -- 6.2.4 ncftp -- 6.2.5 wget -- 6.2.6 rdist -- 6.2.7 lynx -- 6.2.8 curl -- 6.2.9 elm -- 6.2.10 fetchmail -- 6.2.11 mutt -- 6.2.12 proftpd -- 6.2.13 pine -- 6.2.14 wu-ftpd -- 6.3 File handling tools -- 6.3.1 zip -- 6.3.2 unzip -- 6.3.3 gzip/gunzip -- 6.3.4 bzip2/bunzip2 -- 6.3.5 zoo -- 6.3.6 lsof -- 6.3.7 less -- 6.3.8 findutils -- 6.3.9 fileutils -- 6.3.10 diffutils -- 6.3.11 hexedit -- 6.3.12 sh-utils -- 6.4 Development tools -- 6.4.1 libtool -- 6.4.2 autoconf/automake -- 6.4.3 rcs -- 6.4.4 patch -- 6.4.5 gcc -- 6.4.6 gdb -- 6.4.7 binutils -- 6.4.8 m4 -- 6.4.9 gmake -- 6.4.10 cvs -- 6.4.11 info -- 6.5 Miscellaneous tools -- 6.5.1 webmin -- 6.5.2 samba -- 6.5.3 vnc -- 6.5.4 php -- 6.5.5 sudo -- 6.6 Login shells -- 6.6.1 AIX shells -- 6.6.2 Toolbox shells -- 6.6.3 bash -- 6.6.4 tcsh -- 6.6.5 zsh -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Index -- Back cover.