Install IBM i Open Source Technologies
IBM provides many open source technologies ported to work on IBM i.
BOB, the Better Object Builder, uses quite a few of them - bash, coreutils-gnu, gawk, grep-gnu, make-gnu, python3, python3-ibm_db, sed-gnu. We will double check these are installed later in this document.
Managing open-source tools can be a breeze with ACS. You'll find a straightforward guide on installing and handling those open-source packages here
You can then use the ACS Open Source function or from the command line (if you are feeling techie) to install packages.
Open Source is something you may not be aware of - but you will have definitely heard of it in recent years. It's a growing mainstream component of the IBM i Ecosphere.
In the next few lessons we will cover:
OK? Let's go...