While the installer is running, you can monitor progress by examining changes to the installation log.
In a terminal window, change to the log file directory:
Solaris OS:cd /var/sadm/install/logs
Linux: cd /var/opt/sun/install/logs
Locate the log files for the current installation.
The shared components are installed first and the product components follow.
The timestamp variable represents the time the log was created. The variable has the format MMddhhmm.
MM |
Specifies the month |
dd |
Specifies the date |
hh |
Specifies the hour |
mm |
Specifies the minute |
Use the tail command to watch messages as they are written to the logs:
tail -f logfile-name |
To exit the tail program, press Ctrl+C.