Installing Oracle Solaris Studio

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Release NotesLast-minute installation details and information about system requirements and patches.
Installation GuideHow to install the Studio software using the package installer and install required operating system patches.	Download

Getting Started

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OverviewDescribes the components of Oracle Solaris Studio and shows how they can be used together in an Oracle Solaris development work flow.	Download
What's NewSummary of changes for each Oracle Solaris Studio component in this release, plus known problems and workarounds.	Download
IDE Quick Start TutorialTakes you through basic steps of developing an application in the IDE.	Download

Building Applications

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C User's GuideExplains how to use the Oracle Solaris Studio C compiler (cc) and provides detailed information about compiler options.	Download
C++ User's GuideExplains how to use the Oracle Solaris Studio C++ compiler (CC) and provides detailed information about compiler options.	Download
Fortran User's GuideExplains how to use the Oracle Solaris Studio Fortran compiler (f95) and provides detailed information about compiler options and directives.	Download
Distributed Make (dmake) [Sun Studio 12 document]

Debugging Applications

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Debugging a Program with dbxDescribes how to use the Oracle Solaris Studio dbx debugger, an interactive source-level debugging tool.	Download
dbxtool TutorialDemonstrates how to use a graphical user interface for the dbx debugger.	Download
Discover and Uncover User's GuideDescribes how to use the Discover tool to find memory-related errors in binaries compiled on SPARC-based platforms, and the Uncover tool to measure code coverage of applications.	Download

Observing and Tuning Applications

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Performance AnalyzerDescribes the performance analysis tools (collect, Performance Analyzer, er_print) used to collect and analyze a range of performance data as it is mapped to the program source.	Download
Performance Analyzer MPI TutorialShows how to use the Performance Analyzer's MPI features with a sample MPI program from the Oracle Message Passing Toolkit.	Download
Thread Analyzer User's GuideTwo separate tutorials show you how to use the Thread Analyzer to detect data races and deadlocks in multithreaded programs.	Download
SPOT User's GuideDescribes how to use the Simple Performance Optimization Tool (SPOT) to help diagnose performance problems.	Download
DLight TutorialShows the steps of running a program in DLight, an interactive profiling tool on Solaris for C/C++ developers, to observe resource usage of the program.	Download

Application Programming Interfaces (API)

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OpenMP API User's GuideDescribes the OpenMP application program interface (API) supported by Oracle Solaris Studio compilers and tools for building multithreaded applications.	Download
Sun Performance Library User's GuideDescribes how to use the Sun Performance Library, a set of enhanced Netlib subroutines that are supported by the Oracle Solaris Studio compilers. User guide is available in PDF only.	Download

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