Installation of Locales Fails if Solaris Installation CDs Are Used (4967742)

The Locale Administrator tool (localeadm) fails to set up new locales if you use the Solaris Installation CDs to install the necessary packages. The failure occurs as you are installing packages from the Solaris Software 1 of 2 CD. The tool does not automatically eject the 1 of 2 CD. Consequently, you cannot insert the next CD to continue the installation.

Workaround: To install the packages for your locale, use the Solaris DVD or a network installation image. If neither is available, then perform the following steps:

1. Obtain the list of the Solaris packages that are needed to set up the locale you are installing.

   % localeadm -v -q option

   option is the name of the region or locale that you are setting up. For example, for the Western European region, type weu for the option.

   A list of packages is displayed in the order in which these packages are found in the Installation CDs, as follows:

   • Solaris Software 1 of 2 CD

   • Solaris Software 2 of 2 CD

   • Languages CD

2. Copy the listed packages from the respective CDs to a directory on the machine or the network. To determine the exact path to these packages in each CD, use the find command.

3. Rerun the localeadm command to install these packages. The source directory is the directory to which you copied the packages in the previous step.