S/W Pre-Reqs for CDE on AIX 5.1

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I recently acquired an IBM RS6000 43P with only the bare OS (AIX 5.1) loaded. I would like to run Common Desktop Environment but I don't know
the prerequisite s/w to get, the order in which to load it, and any variables I need to define when loading.

I would appreciate any directions offered.
Thanks
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Usually CDE is already loaded with these Unices by default.
Try this:

lslpp -l | grep X11.Dt

You should see whole bunch of packages listed out. If not then you will have to install them. Sorry I don't have the list of all the packages, but use smit to install the packages. Once CDE is installed, start the X server:

/usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon

Also, You can use your normal Desktop with windows :frowning: or Linux :slight_smile: and connect to Unix server X session. For Windows, look into Exceed (commercial), or Cygwin (free).

-Nitin :slight_smile: