08-29-2013
Installing software -going insane
I have Solaris 10 update 11 installed on a virtual machine which I use for my lunix class (I'm studying I.T. but have little unix experience). So I have root access*
I'm also do C programming in my course and would love to do it on my Solaris machine.
So I looked into installing GCC and Emacs, but both seems to require HEAPS of prerequisite programs to even install.
So I got the Solaris 10 u11 companion cd (which has both). After a long while working out how to actually install all the software on there (none of the guides steps worked) I some how managed it.
I created a file called 'admin' in /var/tmp/ as per guides as to what I wrote in it and went to the ISO's packages directory and ran a similar command to the one mentioned in the install guide.
The installer ran through and installed all 100 bits of software...at least seemed to.
Thing is: typing emacs or gcc does nothing, and I can't seem to prove I even installed any of the other software either.
Did I miss something? I've been searching for ages but there's no info anywhere. I wish software was less complex to install on Solaris ugh.
I hope this post isn't too long winded, I just wanted to give details on what I'd actually done and tried so far. Thanks!
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