| Updated 2005/01/20 |
Sun[tm] Studio 10 for Linux Platforms Release Notes |
The Sun Studio 10 for Linux Platforms Release Notes contain last-minute installation details and other information about the software.
Information in this document updates and extends information in the component readme files included with this release.
If you have downloaded and installed the software, you can access the readme files at file:/installation_directory/sunstudio10/docs/index.html. The default installation directory is /opt/sun.
The Sun Studio 10 software for Linux platforms can be installed on the following platforms:For information on installing the Sun Studio 10 software for Solaris platforms, see the Sun Studio 10 for Solaris Platforms Release Notes.
- Sun Java[tm] Desktop System, Release 2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3
The system requirements are as follows.
| Operating System |
Sun Java Desktop System, Release 2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (en locale only, not supported in ja and zh locales) RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 |
| CPU |
Recommended: Sun Fire B200x Blade Server (AMD Mobile Athlon XP 1800+ 1.53 GHz) or Sun Fire V60x Server (Intel Xeon 2.0 GHz) Minimum: Pentium III 500 MHz |
| Memory |
Recommended: 1 Gbyte Minimum: 512 Mbytes |
| Swap Space |
Recommended: 2 Gbytes Minimum: 1 Gbyte |
| Disk Space Usage | Disk space usage varies by product. See Disk Space Requirements. |
| J2SE Technology | J2SE 1.4.2_06 technology |
| Compilers | GCC 3.2 family |
To check or add swap space, see the instructions in the System Requirements section of Chapter 1 of the Sun Studio 10 Installation and Setup Guide for Linux Platforms, which you can download from the Customer Acceptance web site at http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/cc/ea/ss10/reference/docs/index.html.
The suggested available disk space you need to install the Sun Studio 10 software on Linux platforms is 517 MB. The following table shows the size of the installed Sun Studio 10 for Linux Platforms software.
| If You Install This Software | Approximate Disk Space You Need in Megabytes |
|---|---|
Sun Studio 10 software |
406.4 |
J2SE 1.4.2_06 Technology |
91.0 |
Third-party Source Code |
19.4 |
This section describes new installer features and known installation issues for this Sun Studio 10 release.
If you have the Sun Studio 9 software installed, be sure to follow the installation instructions and install the Sun Studio 10 software in a different directory. If you have Sun Studio 9 software installed in the same directory as Sun Studio 10 software, the uninstaller can mistakenly uninstall the wrong packages if you uninstall packages from either release.
If you have Sun Studio 10 Early Access software or Sun Studio 10 Customer Acceptance software installed, be sure to uninstall this software before installing the Sun Studio 10 software.
The batch_installer command and the uninstaller command allow you to install and uninstall the software product with minimal user interaction. See the Sun Studio 10 Installation and Setup Guide for Linux Platforms, available from the product web page, for detailed information about batch installation and batch uninstallation.
If you are installing the Sun Studio 10 software on the Java Desktop System (JDS) software, you need to add the Development Tools package group to your JDS installation. This package group is not installed as part of a default JDS installation. It includes the packages that transform the JDS software into a development environment for native language applications, such as the compilers, linkers, and ctags. Without these packages or equivalent programs available on a server, the Sun Studio 10 software cannot perform as expected.To install this package group, do the following:
- Become a superuser (root) by typing:
% su Password: root-password- Start the Java Desktop System Configurator by typing:
# yast2 &- In the right panel, select Install or Remove Software. The Package Information window opens.
- In the left panel of the Package Information window, select Development Tools; then click Accept in the bottom right corner of the window. The Installation window opens followed by a dialog box asking you to insert the appropriate CD.
- Insert the requested CD and click OK, and the Development Tools package group installs.
- When the installation is complete, click Close in the Configurator window.
- Exit from superuser privileges by typing:
# exit
The version command for the Sun Studio 10 software is not available on Linux platforms. For version information on a component of the Sun Studio 10 software, use the -V option. For DistributedMake (dmake), use the -v option.
The email_template.txt referenced on the After Installation page of the installer is missing in this release.
The root (superuser) account that is used to install the Sun Studio software must have a Java 2 runtime environment (JRE) in its PATH. You can check whether you have a JRE in your PATH by typing:which javaThe JRE software is available for download at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html.
When using the batch installer to install the Sun Studio software, each of the product tar files must be unpacked into a separate directory.
The form that is available in the Registration Wizard for registering the Sun Studio 10 product by fax or mail does not include the fax number and address to which the form is to be sent. The Direct International Fax number for product registration is (512) 434-1548. The postal address for product registration is:Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Attn: Sun Developer Tools Product Registration
P.O. Box 201688
Austin, TX 78720-9783
United States of America
Before using the Sun Studio 10 Integrated Development Environment (IDE), read the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) readme, which is available through the documentation index page at /installation_directory/sunstudio10/docs/index.html. The default installation directory is /opt/sun.
This document contains important information about setup tasks you might need to perform to ensure that the IDE operates correctly. These tasks include:
- Mounting installation directories for server-based components of the product
- Ensuring that the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition v1.4.2_06 (J2SE) technology is installed on your local system or available to you on the network
- Adding installation directories to your
$PATH
To start the IDE:
- Ensure that /installation_directory/sunstudio10/bin is in your $PATH and is in front of the path to any other release of Sun Studio software.
- Type:
sunstudio &For information on the sunstudio command and its arguments, see the sunstudio(1) man page. To display the sunstudio(1) man page, you must have /installation_directory/sunstudio10/man in your $MANPATH.
Before starting a debugging session on a Java program, turn on Java Language Support by choosing Tools -> Java Language Support. Leave Java Language Support on until you end the debugging session.
Turning Java Language Support on or off during a debugging session can result in the following problems:
- Data or information is not displayed in any of the debugger views
- Multiple sets of tabs are displayed in the Output window
There are several known problems with the external editors GVIM and XEmacs in the Sun Studio 10 IDE:
- When GVIM is started from the Sun Studio IDE in the C locale, GVIM corrupts files that contain multibyte characters. Multibyte characters in a file are replaced with question marks.
- When XEmacs is started from the Sun Studio IDE in the C locale, XEmacs corrupts files that contain multibyte characters. Multibyte characters in a file are replaced with question marks.
- When GVIM is started from the Sun Studio IDE in the Chinese (zh) locale, GVIM crashes when you choose Edit -> Find or Edit -> Find and Replace.
- When GVIM is started from the Sun Studio IDE in the Japanese (ja) locale, and you set a breakpoint, GVIM does not highlight the correct line in the source file.
- When you run GVIM in the Japanese (ja) locale or the Chinese (zh) locale, you cannot save multibyte contents because GVIM overwrites other strings with the multibyte characters.
- When you are running the Sun Studio IDE on the Sun Java Desktop System in the Japanese (ja_JP.utf8) locale or the Chinese (zh_CN.utf8) locale, and you add multibyte characters to a file using a text editor outside of the IDE, the characters display correctly in the Built-in Editor in the IDE, but they display as escaped ASCII characters in XEmacs started from the IDE.
The following features might not be supported in a future release of the Sun Studio software.
The adb command in the dbx command-line debugger, which executes an adb-style command or sets adb mode, may be removed in a future release of the Sun Studio software.
This section gives information about the documentation for this Sun Studio 10 release. Information in these release notes supersedes information in any of the other documentation.
The following documentation is available with this Sun Studio 10 release.
- Online help. The online help available through the Help menu in the IDE provides task-oriented information on using all of the components of the IDE.
- Readmes. These documents describe the new features, performance enhancements, problems and workarounds, and software corrections in the Sun Studio 10 release. The release notes might contain additional information on problems and workarounds.
You can access these documents in HTML on your local system or network through the documentation index page at file:/installation_directory/sunstudio10/docs/index.html.
- Man pages. These online reference manual pages describe user commands. Man pages contain reference information, including command syntax, usage, and related commands.
You can access these documents in HTML on your local system or network through the documentation index page at file:/installation_directory/sunstudio10/docs/index.html.
- Sun Studio 10 manuals.
You can access the Sun Studio 10 manuals Debugging a Program With dbx, Performance Analyzer, and X-Designer User's Guide through the documentation index page at file:/installation_directory/sunstudio10/docs/index.html.
To view the documentation that is available in PDF format, you need Adobe® Acrobat Reader software. To download the software, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.
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