Select Options: Advanced Options Tab

The Advanced options tab of the Select Options page offers options you might want to select when installing on a server:

• If you are installing on a Solaris 10 1/06 OS system with zones, the Zone disposition buttons let you specify the zone(s) in which you want to install the software:

  • If you are running the installer in the global zone, you can select the appropriate radio button to install the software in this zone (the global zone, not visible from local zones) or all zones (the global zone, visible from local zones).

  • If you are running the installer in a local zone, you can select the this zone radio button to install the software in that local zone. The software will be accessible only from that zone.

• The Enable cross-install option lets you enable installation of the Sun Studio 12 software on a server for use by clients with a different architecture. If you select Enable cross-install, you can install the Sun Studio 12 software on a SPARC based server for use by x86 based client systems. Or you can install the Sun Studio 12 software on an x86 based server for use by SPARC based client systems. You must have specified the client architecture with the -a option when you started the installer.

• The Copy system prerequisites option lets you copy the prerequisite software to a server for use when running the prepare_system command on client systems that will run the Sun Studio 12 software. The software is copied to the prepare_system_prerequisites directory in the Sun Studio 12 installation directory. For example, if the Sun Studio 12 installation directory is the default /opt directory, the prerequisite software is copied to /opt/prepare_system_prerequisites. The prerequisite software requires 1.2 GB of disk space on SPARC platforms running the Solaris OS, 750 MB of disk space on x86 platforms running the Solaris OS, and 200 MB of disk space on Linux platforms.

• The Create /usr/bin symlinks option lets you choose not to create symbolic links in the /usr/bin directory and /usr/share/man directory to the Sun Studio 12 software and man pages. These links are created by default unless you already have symbolic links in /usr/bin and /usr/share/man to a previous Sun Studio release.

• The Alternate root field lets you specify a root directory other than the default /. All files, including package system information files, are relocated to a directory tree starting in the specified alternate root directory.