You do not need to become root or have system administrator privileges to install this release using the tar file.
However, you must have privileges on Oracle Solaris 10 to install patches to the operating system that are needed by Oracle Solaris Studio. You must also have privileges on Oracle Solaris 11 to update the operating system for changes needed by Oracle Solaris Studio.
Before You Begin
Make sure that your system meets the System Requirements in Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4: Release Notes and has the Required System Software Packages in Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4: Release Notes .
% cd your-install-location
% bzcat download-directory/SolarisStudio12.4-solaris-sparc-bin.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -
% bzcat download-directory/SolarisStudio12.4-solaris-x86-bin.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -
% bzcat download-directory/SolarisStudio12.4-linux-x86-bin.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -
The contents are unpacked in a directory named: SolarisStudio12.4-OS-platform-bin where OS is solaris or linux and platform is sparc or x86.
The installation-directory is your-install-location/SolarisStudio12.4-OS-platform-bin.
On Linux, after the tar file is extracted, see Chapter 5, After Installing Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4 for information about setting up user access and testing the installation.
The SolarisStudio12.4-solaris-sparc-bin and SolarisStudio12.4-solaris-x86-bin directories contain a script install_patches.sh for installing patches for Oracle Solaris 10.
# installation-directory/install_patches.sh
When the patch installation is complete, see Chapter 5, After Installing Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4 for information about setting up user access and testing the installation.