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Preface

1.  Oracle Solaris Management Tools (Road Map)

2.  Working With the Solaris Management Console (Tasks)

3.  Working With the Oracle Java Web Console (Tasks)

4.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)

5.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)

6.  Managing Client-Server Support (Overview)

7.  Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)

8.  Introduction to Shutting Down and Booting a System

9.  Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview)

10.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

11.  Modifying Oracle Solaris Boot Behavior (Tasks)

12.  Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

13.  Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives (Tasks)

14.  Troubleshooting Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

15.  x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference)

16.  x86: Booting a System That Does Not Implement GRUB (Tasks)

17.  Working With the Oracle Solaris Auto Registration regadm Command (Tasks)

18.  Managing Services (Overview)

19.  Managing Services (Tasks)

20.  Managing Software (Overview)

21.  Managing Software With Oracle Solaris System Administration Tools (Tasks)

Oracle Solaris Product Registry and Solaris GUI Installation Tools for Managing Software

Adding Software With the Oracle Solaris Installation GUI

How to Install Software With the Oracle Solaris Installation GUI Program

Managing Software With the Oracle Solaris Product Registry GUI (Task Map)

How to View Installed or Uninstalled Software Information With the Oracle Solaris Product Registry GUI

How to Install Software With the Oracle Solaris Product Registry GUI

How to Uninstall Software With the Oracle Solaris Product Registry GUI

Managing Software With the Oracle Solaris Product Registry Command-Line Interface (Task Map)

Managing Software With the Oracle Solaris Product Registry Command-Line Interface

How to View Installed or Uninstalled Software Information (prodreg)

How to View Software Attributes (prodreg )

How to Check for Software Dependencies ( prodreg)

How to Identify Damaged Software Products (prodreg)

How to Uninstall Software (prodreg)

How to Uninstall Damaged Software (prodreg )

How to Reinstall Damaged Software Components (prodreg)

22.  Managing Software by Using Oracle Solaris Package Commands (Tasks)

23.  Managing Patches

A.  SMF Services

Index

Adding Software With the Oracle Solaris Installation GUI

This section describes how to use the Oracle Solaris installation GUI to add software to a system on which you have installed the Oracle Solaris OS. The installation GUI installs only the components of the software groups that you skipped when you initially installed Oracle Solaris. You cannot upgrade to another software group after installing or upgrading the OS.

How to Install Software With the Oracle Solaris Installation GUI Program


Note - This procedure assumes that the system is running volume management (vold). If your system is not running volume management, see Chapter 3, Accessing Removable Media (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems. This chapter provides information about accessing removable media without volume management.


  1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

    Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

  2. Depending on whether you are installing the OS from a CD, DVD, or from the network, do one of the following:
    • If you are running a release that uses CDs, insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive.

      If you insert the Solaris 10 Languages CD, the installation GUI starts automatically. Proceed to Step 5.


      Note - In this Oracle Solaris release, the software is delivered on DVD only.


    • If you are installing from a DVD, insert the DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.

    • If you are installing from the network, locate the net image of the software that you want to install.

  3. Change directories to find the Oracle Solaris installation GUI installer.

    Oracle Solaris installation GUI installers are located in various directories on the CDs and on the DVD.

    • Oracle Solaris 10 Software CDs or DVD.

    • Oracle Solaris 10 Documentation DVD.

    • Oracle Solaris 10 Languages CD. The Solaris installation GUI starts automatically when the CD is inserted.

  4. Follow the instructions to install the software.
    • From the command line, type the following command:

       % ./installer [options]
      -nodisplay

      Runs the installer without a GUI.

      -noconsole

      Runs without any interactive text console device. Use this option with the -nodisplay option when you include the installer command in a UNIX script for installing software.

    • From a file manager, double-click Installer or installer.

      An Installer window is displayed, followed by the installation GUI dialog box.

  5. Follow the directions on the screen to install the software.
  6. When you have finished adding software, click Exit.

    The installation GUI exits.