Installing the EntireX ICU Custom Converter Build Environment under z/OS UNIX

This document describes how to install the EntireX ICU Custom Converter Build Environment under z/OS UNIX. These steps are necessary if you want to use user-written ICU custom converters. See Building and Installing ICU Custom Converters in the z/OS Administration documentation.

Installation Steps

Start of instruction setTo install the ICU Custom Converter Build Environment

  1. Unload the delivered installation medium to your DASD device. See Copying the Contents of the Installation Medium to Disk.

  2. On your UNIX system, create a directory for the installation. For example:

    mkdir CustomConverter; cd CustomConverter

  3. Copy the file hlq.EXXvrs.TICU to the created directory,

    where hlq is your high-level qualifier and
      vrs is the product version, release and service pack: 
    tso "oput 'hlq.EXXvrs.TICU' 'exxvrs.icu.tar' binary"

  4. Unpack the TAR file:

    tar xvf exxvrs.icu.tar

Now you have extracted the makeconv utility and ICU shared libraries. These binaries are needed to execute makeconv.