How to Install Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4 From a Tar File

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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 .

If you have not already downloaded the tar file for your platform, go to the Oracle Solaris Studio tar file download page and save it to a temporary download-directory such as /var/tmp.
Change to the directory where you want to install the software.
```
% cd your-install-location
```
Extract the tar file using the appropriate command for your platform:
```
% 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.
(Oracle Solaris 10 only) Install the operating system patches as described below.
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.
(Oracle Solaris 11 only) Install the operating system updates as described in Updating Oracle Solaris 11 System Libraries Required by Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4.