The following instructions install Cell SDK 2.0 on a PS3 running YDL (Yellow Dog Linux).

1. Download the Cell SDK 2.0 from IBM alphaWorks. The download is in the form of an ISO (CellSDK2.0.iso). You can burn a CD from the ISO and mount the CD on the PS3:

       mkdir /mnt/cellsdk
       mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cellsdk

   or mount the ISO directly:

      mount -o loop CellSDK20.iso /mnt/cellsdk

2. Remove Cell SDK 1.1 if it is already installed:

       yum groupremove "Cell SDK" "Cell Libraries"

3. Check that prerequisite software packages are installed, and install any software that is missing:

       cd /mnt/cellsdk/software
       ./cellsdk depend

   The common missing packages are freeglut-devel, netpbm-devel, tcl/tk, and libX11-devel. They can be installed as follows:

       yum -y install freeglut-devel netpbm-devel
       yum -y install tk-8.4 tk-devel tcl-devel
       yum -y install libX11-devel

4. Install Cell SDK 2.0. The installation will require that you install the Cell Broadband Engine Kernel 2.18. You should install the kernel, but if you are using YDL with kernel 2.6.16-0, you don't need to boot the new kernel.

       ./cellsdk install --nosim -f

   The --nosim flag skips the installation of the Cell System Simulator and System Image since the SDK will be installed directly on PS3 hardware. The cellsdk script will fetch additional packages necessary to complete the SDK installation. The SDK toolchain is installed in /opt.
   
   
5. Build the libraries, and sample example codes, preferably using the IBM xlc compiler:

      ./cellsdk build -x

   If you prefer to use GNU gcc, omit the -x flag.

Troubleshooting

• If yum is not working for you, verify that the repository is configured properly.
  
  
• If you encounter the error

      /opt/ibmcmp/xlc/8.1/exe/ipa: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: 
      cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  

  add the stdc++ library to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

      setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/lib/gcc/ppu/4.1.1/ # if you are using tcsh
      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/ppu/4.1.1/ # if you are using bash

  You may need to add the export statement to cellsdk if you encounter the problem during the SDK build.
  
  
• If you encounter the error

      /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXmu

  add a link form /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 to /usr/lib/libXmu.so:

      ln -s /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 /usr/lib/libXmu.so

• If you encounter the error

     /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libglut.so when searching for -lglut

  try the following solution which was sugested by Jeff Carson:

     ln -s /usr/lib64/libglut.so.3 /usr/lib64/libglut.so

  This was verified to work on at least one PS3. If it doesn't work for you and figure out another solution, please let us know.