Installing Developer Software (Tasks)

This section provides information for users interested in downloading and installing software applications such as NetBeans and Sun Studio Express on their OpenSolaris 2008.05 system.

The Setting up Your Development Environment document provides details on how to set up your OpenSolaris 2008.05 system for AMP (Apache, MySQL, Perl,PHP,Python) , C, C++, and Ruby development.

This section shows how to download and install the following applications:

How to Install OpenOffice.org
How to Install NetBeans 6.0.1
How to Install Sun Studio Express 5/08
How to Install Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1
How to Install Web Stack Tools and UI
How to Install GlassFish Java EE 5 Application Server

Note - Some of the software applications are not available as a package on the OpenSolaris repository, pkg.opensolaris.org. You will need to download the software separately from the application's web site.

How to Install OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org^TM is a suite of open-source office applications that runs on a variety of operating systems. It includes applications for creating word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and graphics.

The OpenOffice.org software is available for downloading and installation as a single package in the Open Solaris Binary Repository.

Package name : openoffice

Version: 2.4.0

Use the following command to install the OpenOffice.org package. The latest package will be installed.
```
pkg install openoffice
```

Troubleshooting

See the Openoffice.org Release Notes and the FAQ sections.

How to Install NetBeans 6.0.1

NetBeans^TM IDE 6.0.1 is a minor update to NetBeans IDE 6.0. NetBeans IDE 6.0.1 is targeted specifically for the OpenSolaris environment. The changes since the NetBeans IDE 6.0 release are described in the NetBeans IDE 6.0.1 Release Notes.

The NetBeans IDE 6.0.1 release is available for downloading and installation as a single package in the Open Solaris Binary Repository. The netbeans package includes 16 components and each package can also be installed individually. For a list of all the NetBeans packages that are contained in the netbeans package, see the NetBeans Packages table.

Package name : netbeans

Version: 6.0.1

Use the following command to install the NetBeans package. The latest package will be installed.
```
$ pkg install netbeans
```

Troubleshooting

Join the NetBeans community, where you can subscribe to mailing lists, search the mailing list archives, and check the NetBeans User FAQs.

How to Install Sun Studio Express 5/08

The Sun Studio Express 5/08 release is a fully functional preview that focuses on new features in the Sun Studio product. Sun Studio Express 5/08 is available only from the OpenSolaris repository. This express release is based on Sun Studio Express's February 2008 build, and is tailored for use and distribution in the OpenSolaris environment.

The features that have been added or changed since the Sun Studio 12 release are described in the Sun Studio Express 5/08 Readme at http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/ssx/express_May2008_readme.html.

A key highlight of the Sun Studio Express 5/08 release is that the Sun Studio team has joined the OpenSolaris community to provide a binary distribution that is redistributable by the community governed by the OpenSolaris Binary License.

The Sun Studio Express 5/08 release is available for download and installation as a single package in the Open Solaris Binary Repository. It is also part of a cluster of packages, called ss-dev, which includes gmake, Java Development Kit and so on. For a complete list of packages in the ss-dev package, see the Sun Studio Express 5/08 Packages table.

Package name : sunstudioexpress

Version: 0. 2008.05

Note - The sunstudio package in the repository points to the sunstudioexpress package.

To install the Sun Studio Express package, type:
```
pkg install sunstudioexpress
```

Next Steps

After you have installed the Sun Studio 5/08 Express release, update your PATH and MANPATH environment variables to include the paths to the Sun Studio 5/08 installation directory, install_dir/SunStudioExpress/bin, and man page directory install_dir/SunStudioExpress/man, respectively. The default installation directory is /opt.

Troubleshooting

Sign on to the Sun Studio User Forums to post questions to Sun engineering and the community. Be sure to state that you are using the Sun Studio Express 5/08 release.

How to Install Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1

Sun HPC ClusterTools^TM 7.1 software is an integrated toolkit that enables developers to create and tune Message-passing Interface (MPI) applications that run on high performance clusters of Sun systems. Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1 is a binary distribution of the open-source Open MPI 1.2 software.

Sun HPC ClusterTools includes MPI libraries, a parallel job launcher (mpirun), and other tools to support compiling and running complex, compute-intensive MPI applications on Sun systems and clusters of Sun systems. Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1 includes plug-ins to support parallel job launching through Sun Grid Engine and MPI communication over shared memory, TCP, Infiniband, and Myrinet MX interconnects.

Package Name : clustertools_7.1

Version : 7.1

Note - The clustertools package in the repository points to the clustertools_7.1 package.

To install the Sun HPC ClusterTools package, type :
```
$ pkg install clustertools
```

Next Steps

The installed Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1 software is located in /opt/SUNWhpc/HPC7.1.

To verify that the software is installed properly, you can launch a simple non-MPI parallel job by using mpirun. For example, use the following command.

% /opt/SUNWhpc/HPC7.1/bin/mpirun hostname

Troubleshooting

Sign on to the Sun Studio User Forums to post questions to Sun engineering and the community. Be sure to state that you're using a Sun Studio Express build.

How to Install Web Stack Tools and UI

The WebStack Options and Desktop Menus package is developed as an OpenSolaris project. The WebStack Options and Desktop Menus package adds desktop features to operate the SAMP (Solaris, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack.

This package provides the following tools:

Menu to initialize the stack for a particular user
Menu to start/stop the Apache2 and MySQL services
Menu to view the log files
Menu to create and run samples
Menu to view the getting started guide
Menu to launch a SAMP UI console that exposes the key parameters of the stack:
- Apache Port Number
- Apache Document directory
- PHP debug mode
- PHP log level
- Access to the httpd.conf file in edit mode
- Access to the php.ini file in edit mode
- Show a detailed status of the stack
- View a phpinfo page

WebStack Options and Desktop Menus package is available for download and installation as a single package in the Open Solaris Binary Repository.

Package Name : webstackui

Version : 0.5.11

Install this package by using the following command:
```
pkg install webstackui
```

Troubleshooting

Join the OpenSolaris WebStack User Mailing List to post questions to WebStack engineering and the community. You might find that your problem has already been solved.

How to Install GlassFish Java EE 5 Application Server

GlassFish Java EE 5 Application Server is an Open Source Application Server for Java^TM EE 5 developed at https://glassfish.dev.java.net/.

GlassFish Java EE 5 Application Server is available for download and installation as a single package in the OpenSolaris binary repository.

Package name : glassfishv2

Version: 0.5.11

Before You Begin

Installation of GlassFish requires that JDK 1.6, JavaDB, and ANT packages are installed. Also, the default domain, domain1, has to be created manually.

To install this package, type the following command:
```
pkg install glassfishv2
```

Troubleshooting

Join the GlassFish Java EE 5 Application Server User Forums to post questions to GlassFish engineering and the community.