Sun WorkShop 6 Installation Guide

Chapter 1

Preparing for Installation

This chapter describes:

• The software installation overview
• System requirements

Software Installation Overview

The following is the general process you will follow to install your Sun WorkShop^TM software and your licenses (subsequent chapters contain specific instructions):

1. Your application and license servers must meet the minimum requirements for this release. See System Requirements.

2. You must request and receive your license information from the Sun License Center before you can install your licenses and start your software development tools. Chapter 2 describes how to request your license information from Sun.

3. You can install Sun WorkShop on your application server and license manager software on your license server. Chapter 3 describes product installation and Chapter 4 describes license installation. Chapter 5 explains how to use the Fortran licenses.

After following the instructions in this manual, you will be ready to use your Sun WorkShop development tools.

System Requirements

This Sun WorkShop release supports versions 2.6, 7, and 8 of the Solaris^TM SPARC^TM Platform Edition and the Solaris Intel Platform Edition operating environments in Developer or Full Cluster configurations.

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Note – For disk space requirements and important last-minute information about this release, see the release notes on the Sun WorkShop 6 web site at
http://www.sun.com/forte

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TABLE 1-1 lists the system requirements for each platform in Developer or Full Cluster distribution configurations.

TABLE 1-1   System Requirements by Platform in Developer or Full Cluster Distribution Configurations

	Solaris SPARC Platform Edition		Solaris Intel Platform Edition
	2.6	Solaris 7 and 8	2.6	Solaris 7 and 8
System	Recommended: SPARCstationTM 5/ 170 MHz	Recommended: Ultra	Recommended: Pentium/133 MHz	Recommended: Pentium/233 MHz
	Minimum: SPARCstation/ 50 MHz	Minimum: SPARCstation/ 50 MHz	Minimum: Pentium/90 MHz	Minimum: Pentium/90 MHz
Monitor	1024 x 768 resolution	1024 x 768 resolution	1024 x 768 resolution; 15" color monitor	1024 x 768 resolution; 15" color monitor
Memory	128 Mbytes recommended; 64 Mbytes minimum
Swap Space	300 Mbytes recommended; 200 Mbytes minimum
Browser	Netscape Communicator 4.0 or a compatible Netscape version, with JavaScript enabled
OS Configurations	Developer or Full Cluster Distribution	Developer or Full Cluster Distribution	Developer or Full Cluster Distribution	Developer or Full Cluster Distribution

Online Documentation Requirements

To view Sun WorkShop documentation that is available in HTML format, you must use Netscape^TM Communicator 4.0 or a compatible Netscape version. Netscape Communicator is included in the Solaris^TM 7 Operating Environment and the Solaris^TM 8 Operating Environment.

If you are running the Solaris 2.6 Operating Environment and you do not have Netscape Communicator 4.0 or a compatible version, you can download Netscape Communicator 4.7 for the Solaris 2.6 Operating Environment.

To download Netscape Communicator 4.7, see the following Netscape Communications Corporation Web site:

http://www.netscape.com/download/index.html

Sun WorkShop online help (in HTML) requires that you have JavaScript^TM enabled, which is a default setting in Netscape preferences.

Configuring a StandAlone License Server

Several license server configuration requirements are handled automatically if your license server is part of a network, but might be overlooked if your license server is a standalone machine.

TCP/IP

FLEXlm 7.0b license manager software requires that TCP/IP be set up and operational before FLEXlm 7.0b will allow you to access your licensed software. One way to test if TCP/IP is functional is to successfully telnet to the hostname of your license server, which is the machine running the license daemon. For more information, refer to the tcp man page or see your system administrator.

localhost

If your license server is a standalone machine, consider editing your
/etc/inet/hosts file to alias localhost to the hostname on the SERVER line in your license file.

Configuring a System Without a Network Interface Card

If your license server does not have a network interface card, you must configure the operating system on your license server appropriately. To configure a machine to not have a network interface card, follow these steps:

1. Become a superuser (root) by typing:

% su

Password: root-password

2. Type the following:

# /usr/sbin/sys-unconfig

Your machine will reboot automatically, or you will be prompted to reboot.

3. Answer the questions as prompted.

Select no when you are asked whether the system is to be networked.