Choosing Local or Remote Display of the Installer

You can display the installer either locally or remotely while you are installing the Sun Studio 12 software with the graphical user interface installer or the command-line installer:

• Local display. The source computer and the display computer are the same computer. The installer window or command-line installer is displayed on the same computer that contains the product DVD or downloaded files and runs the installer.

• Remote display. The source computer and the display computer are different computers. The source computer contains the product DVD or downloaded files and runs the installer. The display computer displays the installer window or command-line installer. To install using a remote display, follow the instructions in the remainder of this section.

Preparing for Installation Using a Remote Display

1. On the display computer, enable client access to the X server by typing the following on the command line:

   xhost + source-computer-name

   Replace source-computer-name with the output of the /usr/bin/hostname command entered on the source computer, which is the computer that contains the product DVD or downloaded files.

2. Log in to the source computer and become a superuser (root).

   rlogin source-computer-name -l rootname Password: root-password

3. On the source computer, set the display to the monitor that is attached to the display computer.

   If you use the C shell, type:

   setenv DISPLAY display-computer-name:n.n

   If you use the Bourne shell, type:

   DISPLAY=display-computer-name:n.n export DISPLAY

   If you use the Korn shell, type:

   export DISPLAY=display-computer-name:n.n

   Replace display-computer-name with the output of the /usr/bin/hostname entered on the display computer.