Before You Begin
Make sure that your system meets the System Requirements in Oracle Developer Studio 12.5: Release Notes and has the Required System Software Packages in Oracle Developer Studio 12.5: Release Notes.
% cd install-dir
% bzcat download-directory/OracleDeveloperStudio12.5-solaris-sparc-bin.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -
% bzcat download-directory/OracleDeveloperStudio12.5-solaris-x86-bin.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -
% bzcat download-directory/OracleDeveloperStudio12.5-linux-x86-bin.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -
The tar file contents are unpacked in a directory named: OracleDeveloperStudio12.5-OS-platform-bin where OS is solaris or linux and platform is sparc or x86.
The Oracle Developer Studio 12.5 product contents are located in the following directory:
install-dir/OracleDeveloperStudio12.5-OS-platform-bin/developerstudio12.5
The OracleDeveloperStudio12.5-solaris-sparc-bin and OracleDeveloperStudio12.5-solaris-x86-bin directories contain a script install_patches.sh for installing patches for Oracle Solaris 10.
Run the following script with system administration privileges:
# install-dir/install_patches.sh
Add the path install-dir/OracleDeveloperStudio12.5-OS-platform-bin/developerstudio12.5/bin to your PATH environment variable
Add the path install-dir/OracleDeveloperStudio12.5-OS-platform-bin/developerstudio12.5/man to your MANPATH environment variable