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Programming / Re: What is the most up-to-date OS/2 Toolkit? And how to get there....?
« on: February 21, 2016, 05:18:17 pm »
Hi Dave!
Great insight...I did not catch this but it does give me a pretty good idea regarding how to install the 4.52 stuff.
As it happens, shortly after I posted here I did come across the GitHub repository which I believe attempts to make the latest version of the toolkit available, see https://github.com/bitwiseworks/os2tk45. Full ZIP release is there, but it is not an install, instead it is very much meant to be deployed on top of an existing install, so very much like the 4.52 version which you have.
OK, now onto what I had not actually expected to be the more challenging part of this process, which is the actual 4.00 un-install...I have VACPP objects in my "Installed Features" folder (attached photo shows this). Both of the "VACPP_FI" objects point to the "OS/2 Toolkit - xxx" features, however I have no idea why the heck I have two of the "VACPP_FI" objects in the first place. What I do not have anywhere is a 4.00 Toolkit un-install object or even a stand alone "Installed Features" object.
Either way, I have not attempted to un-install from here, but something tells me I should try this first. My only worry is that I do not want to impact the actual VisualAgeC++ or my IBM C/C++ installations...boy...it's been a while since I have done this...sure got a little "rusty" on the know-how...LOL!
My os2tk45 has this in the readme.1stQuoteThis package updates IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 v 4.50 and 4.51 to the
current level (4.52 with HIGHMEM update). To install it, copy the entire
directory structure over your existing Toolkit setup.
New content added since 4.50 includes the OMF and LX executable format
documentation (BOOK\OMFREF.HTM and BOOK\LXREF.HTM).
So yes, uninstall the v4 toolkit and install v451 and then v452 over it.
Great insight...I did not catch this but it does give me a pretty good idea regarding how to install the 4.52 stuff.
As it happens, shortly after I posted here I did come across the GitHub repository which I believe attempts to make the latest version of the toolkit available, see https://github.com/bitwiseworks/os2tk45. Full ZIP release is there, but it is not an install, instead it is very much meant to be deployed on top of an existing install, so very much like the 4.52 version which you have.
OK, now onto what I had not actually expected to be the more challenging part of this process, which is the actual 4.00 un-install...I have VACPP objects in my "Installed Features" folder (attached photo shows this). Both of the "VACPP_FI" objects point to the "OS/2 Toolkit - xxx" features, however I have no idea why the heck I have two of the "VACPP_FI" objects in the first place. What I do not have anywhere is a 4.00 Toolkit un-install object or even a stand alone "Installed Features" object.
Either way, I have not attempted to un-install from here, but something tells me I should try this first. My only worry is that I do not want to impact the actual VisualAgeC++ or my IBM C/C++ installations...boy...it's been a while since I have done this...sure got a little "rusty" on the know-how...LOL!