Considerations for installing additional secondary languages

Considerations for installing additional secondary languages

To be able to install an i5/OS^® secondary language, several requirements must be met.
The process to add a secondary language installs only one secondary language at a time. If add more than one secondary language, perform the procedure to install a secondary language multiple times. Installing a secondary language contains the following two procedures to install secondary languages:

Installing secondary languages for IBM licensed programs shows how to install secondary language objects for i5/OS and installed licensed programs. Use this procedure when you are installing a secondary language after installing the new release or when you are adding additional secondary languages to the system.

Installing secondary languages for non-IBM licensed programs shows how to restore a secondary language for only one licensed program or optional part. Use this procedure when you want to restore a secondary language for only one licensed program and when you are installing secondary language objects for licensed programs that you installed using the RSTLICPGM command.

Only the secondary language objects for the installed licensed programs are installed. If you add a licensed program or an optional part after the secondary language is installed, you will not have the secondary language objects for licensed programs you add later. To get the new language objects, install the secondary language for the added licensed program.
When you plan to install a secondary language, consider the following:

To save storage space, delete secondary languages you no longer need. If you want to delete a secondary language for all of the licensed programs installed on your system, use option 22 on the Work with Licensed Program menu. If you want to delete a secondary language for only one licensed program, use the Delete Licensed Program (DLTLICPGM) command.

The QSECOFR user profile cannot have a secondary language library at a previous release in its library list when you install a new release. If you have an initial program for the QSECOFR user profile, be sure it does not add a secondary language library to the system library list. (the task, Checking the QSECOFR user profile, ensures that you do this.)

If you added a secondary language library (QSYS29xx) to the system values QSYSLIBL or QUSRLIBL, use the WRKSYSVAL command to remove the library from the library list before you install a new release. (Performing the steps in the topic, Changing certain system values (QSYSLIBL, QUSRLIBL, QALWOBJRST, or QVFYOBJRST), ensures that you do this.) i5/OS globalization also contains more information about secondary language libraries in user profiles.

Parent topic:
Globalization and i5/OS software installation