C H A P T E R 3

Installation

This chapter contains instructions for installing Sun Ray Server Software. If you are upgrading Sun Ray Server Software from an earlier version, please see Preparing to Upgrade Sun Ray Server Software.

To Install Sun Ray Server Software

1. If you have already mounted the Sun Ray Server Software 3.1 CD-ROM locally or from a remote server, or if you have extracted the ESD files to an image directory, begin at Step 4.

2. As superuser, open a shell window on the Sun Ray server.

Tip - To avoid installation script errors that can occur if user environment settings are carried forward, use one of the following commands for superuser login instead of using the su command without arguments.:

% su -

% su - root

3. Insert the Sun Ray Server Software 3.1 CD-ROM.

If a file manager window opens, close it. The file manager CD-ROM window is not necessary for installation.

4. Change to the image directory. For example:

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0

5. Install Sun Ray Server Software:

# ./utinstall

The installation process begins. The script:

prompts you for the location of the Java JRE 1.4.2 or later

verifies which required software products are already installed.

checks for the existence of Controlled Access Mode (kiosk) packages.

checks for the existence of a Gnome Display Manager (GDM).

prompts you to authorize the removal of an existing Gnome Display Manager and its replacement with a GDM that has been enhanced and optimized for Sun Ray server software.

6. Answer y (yes) to the prompt.

Note - If you answer y (yes) to the prompt, SRSS installation continues; if you answer n (no) to the prompt, the SRSS install process aborts.

The utinstall script ends, indicating a log file is available at the following location:

/var/log/utinstall.year_month_date_hour:minute:second.log

where the values displayed reflect a time stamp of when utinstall was started.

Note - For a listing of utinstall error messages, see utinstall Error Messages.

Tip - Check the log file. Many installation problems are reported in this file and are frequently overlooked.

7. If you have not already done so, reboot the Sun Ray server before trying to run utadm or utconfig.

# sync;sync;init 6

8. Go to Preparing for Configuration for instructions how to prepare to configure and reboot the Sun Ray server.

If other systems need software installation, repeat the tasks appropriate for those systems.