Oracle Explorer User's Guide

How to Install Oracle Explorer to a Non-Default Directory

This procedure describes installing SUNWexplo into a non-default directory. The command option is pkgadd -a admin. A template of the admin file is in the Oracle Explorer release package.

  1. Untar the Explorer_<release no>.tar.Z file.


    tar xvf Explorer_<release no>.tar.Z
  2. Copy the exp_admin file in the SUNWexplo/install directory to a temporary location.


    cp SUNWexplo/install/exp_admin /tmp/exp_admin
  3. Change the value of basedir in the /tmp/exp_admin file to the desired installation directory.

  4. Execute the pkgadd -a admin command.


    pkgadd -a /tmp/exp_admin -d . SUNWexplo

    For example:


    # cp SUNWexplo/install/exp_admin /tmp/exp_admin
    # vi /tmp/exp_admin
    # pkgadd -a /tmp/exp_admin -d . SUNWexplo