The Sun Studio 9 for Linux Platforms Release Notes contain last-minute installation details and other information about the software.

Information in this document updates and extends information in the component readme files included with this release.

If you have downloaded and installed the software, you can access the readme files at file:/installation_directory/sunstudio9/docs/index.html. The default installation directory is /opt/sun.

Contents 

1. System Requirements
2. Disk Space Requirements by Installer
3. Installation Information
4. IDE Information
5. Documentation Information

A. System Requirements

The Sun Studio 9 software for Linux platforms can be installed on the following platforms:

• Sun[tm] Java Desktop System, 2003
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3

For information on installing the Sun Studio 9 software for Solaris platforms, see the Sun Studio 9 for Solaris Platforms Release Notes.

The system requirements are as follows.

To check or add swap space, see the instructions in the System Requirements section of Chapter 1 of the Sun Studio 9 Installation and Setup Guide for Linux Platforms, which you can download from the Customer Acceptance web site at http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/cc/ea/ss9/reference/docs/index.html.

B. Disk Space Requirements by Installer

The suggested available disk space you need to install the Sun Studio 9 software on Linux platforms is 516 MB. The following table shows the size of the installed Sun Studio 9 for Linux Platforms software.

C. Installation Information

This section describes new installer features and known installation issues for this Sun Studio 9 release.

Registration Form Does Not Give Fax Number and Postal Address

The form that is available in the Registration Wizard for registering the Sun Studio 9 product by fax or mail does not include the fax number and address to which the form is to be sent. The Direct International Fax number for product registration is (512) 434-1548. The postal address for product registration is:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Attn: Sun Developer Tools Product Registration
P.O. Box 201688
Austin, TX 78720-9783
United States of America

Installing Sun Studio 9 Software in a Different Directory

If you have Sun Studio 9 Early Access software or Sun Studio 9 Customer Acceptance software installed, be sure to uninstall this software before installing the Sun Studio 9 software.

Uninstalling X-Designer Plugin Module, X-Designer GUI Builder, and OpenMotif Software Before Installing Sun Studio 9 Software

If you installed the X-Designer Plugin Module, X-Designer GUI Builder, and OpenMotif software during Sun Studio 9 Early Access, you must uninstall this software before installing the Sun Studio 9 software,

Easy Installation and Uninstallation With Batch Install Programs

The batch_installer command and the uninstaller command allow you to install and uninstall the software product with minimal user interaction. See the Sun Studio 9 Installation and Setup Guide for Linux Platforms, available from the download page, for detailed information about batch installation and batch uninstallation.

Possible Warning Message When Clicking Next in Welcome Panel

The following warning message might be displayed when you click Next in the Welcome panel. You can ignore this message.

  
  Warning: 
  Name: HorScrollBar
  Class: XmScrollBar
  The specified scrollbar value is greater than the maximum
  scrollbar value minus the scrollbar slider size.

version Command is Not Available

The version command for the Sun Studio 9 software is not available on Linux platforms. For version information on a component of the Sun Studio 9 software, use the -V option. For DistributedMake (dmake), use the -v option.

email_template.txt File is Missing

The email_template.txt referenced on the After Installation page of the installer is missing in this Customer Acceptance release.

OpenMotif Source Distribution Available for Download

The OpenMotif Source Distribution, which contains third-party source code for the OpenMotif software, is available for download on the product web site.

D. IDE Information

Before using the Sun Studio 9 Integrated Development Environment (IDE), read the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) readme, which is available through the documentation index page at /installation_directory/sunstudio9/docs/index.html. The default installation directory is /opt/sun.

This document contains important information about setup tasks you might need to perform to ensure that the IDE operates correctly. These tasks include:

• Mounting installation directories for server-based components of the product
• Ensuring that the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition v1.4.2_02 (J2SE) technology is installed on your local system or available to you on the network
• Adding installation directories to your $PATH

Starting the IDE

To start the IDE:

1. Ensure that /installation_directory/sunstudio9/bin is in your $PATH and is in front of the path to any other release of Forte Developer software, Sun ONE Studio software, or Sun Studio software.
2. Type:

   sunstudio &
   

For information on the sunstudio command and its arguments, see the sunstudio(1) man page. To display the sunstudio(1) man page, you must have /installation_directory/sunstudio9/man in your $MANPATH.

Java Debugging

Before starting a debugging session on a Java program, turn on Java Language Support by choosing Tools -> Java Language Support. Leave Java Language Support on until you end the debugging session.

Turning Java Language Support on or off during a debugging session can result in the following problems:

• Data or information is not displayed in any of the debugger views
• Multiple sets of tabs are displayed in the Output window

GVim Does Not Run on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8

The GVim external editor does not run on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 in this release.

E. Documentation Information

This section gives information about the documentation for this Sun Studio 9 release. Information in these release notes supersedes information in any of the other documentation.

Documentation Included With the Sun Studio 9 for Linux Platforms Release

The following documentation is available with this Sun Studio 9 release.

• Online help. The online help available through the Help menu in the IDE provides task-oriented information on using all of the components of the IDE.
• Readmes. These documents describe the new features, performance enhancements, problems and workarounds, and software corrections in the Sun Studio 9 release. The release notes might contain additional information on problems and workarounds.

  You can access these documents in HTML on your local system or network through the documentation index page at file:/installation_directory/sunstudio9/docs/index.html.

• Man pages. These online reference manual pages describe user commands. Man pages contain reference information, including command syntax, usage, and related commands.

  You can access these documents in HTML on your local system or network through the documentation index page at file:/installation_directory/sunstudio9/docs/index.html. The snit(1) man page for the Serial Number Installation Tool is not available in HTML, but can be accessed by typing man snit.

• Sun Studio 9 manuals.

  You can access the Sun Studio 9 manuals Debugging a Program With dbx, Performance Analyzer, and X-Designer User's Guide through the documentation index page at file:/installation_directory/sunstudio9/docs/index.html.

Documentation Requirements

To view the documentation that is available in PDF format, you need Adobe® Acrobat Reader software. To download the software, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.

Documentation Errata

The collect(1) man page indicates that the -j option is not available on Linux platforms. This option is available on both Solaris platforms and Linux platforms.

The collect(1) man page mentions the following limitations in the Early Access release of the Sun Studio 9 software:

• Clock profiling has high data discrepancies when running under Linux
• Multi-threaded profiling has high data discrepancies when running under Linux
• Periodic sampling is not reliable on Linux platforms

These limitations also apply in the final release of the Sun Studio 9 software.

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