[Info-vax] (no subject) INstall o f C and Cxx

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In article <mailman.3.1249473023.30533.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> writes:
>On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:13:40AM +0000, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>
>> >$ @sys$update:vmsinstal cxx071 purim$dqb0:[cxx071.kit] options  n
>....
>> >%VMSINSTAL-E-NOPRODS, None of the specified products were found.
>
>> 1. First copy the two *.DCX_AXPEXE to your system.
>> 2. Run them (they are self-expanding EXEs ZIPs).
>> 
>> If you get files like *.A, *.B use VMSINSTAL.
>> If you get file like *.PCSI use PROD INSTAL
>
>Eric, Ian, thank you
>I wish the installation manuals (C or C++) mentioned that.

Well, in all fairness, it's not really an issue of product installation
but one of software distribution.  There should be some instructions on
the download page and or, perhaps, the OpenVMS FAQ.  

I suppose if is was labeled, *.ZIP_AXPEXE, it might have lit the lamp
but not everyone knows that DCX was a DEC provided compression scheme. 

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