Getting Sun Studio Express 5/08

Sun Studio Express 5/08 delivers high-performance, optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers for the OpenSolaris 2008.05 release. Sun Studio's optimizing C, C++ and Fortran compilers, combined with NetBeans-based IDE delivers outstanding performance and productivity for single and multi-threaded application development.

Sun Studio IDE delivers an integrated tool chain with an advanced graphical code and memory debuggers, performance analysis tools, and optimized libraries. With compiler auto-parallelization, OpenMP v2.5 support, multithreaded debugging, and thread debugging and analysis, developers can more easily create, debug, and tune their applications to take advantage of the newest multicore architectures.

The Sun Studio Express package is not bundled with the OS. For downloading and installing Sun Studio, execute the following command:

$ pkg install sunstudioexpress

After you run the above command, Sun Studio will be available under /opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/sunstudio.

See the section on Adding Tools to the Developer Tools Menu to add the Sun Studio software to the developer tools menu on the desktop.

Sun Studio Express 5.08 is also bundled with other utilities in the ss-dev package. The following table lists the components of the ss-dev package along with a brief description.

Table 1-1 Sun Studio Development Packages

Component Name	Package Name	Version	Description
Sun Studio Express	sunstudioexpress	0.2008.05	Sun Studio Express: C, C++, and Fortran compilers and tools
	SUNWj6dmo	1.6.0_04	JDK 6.0 Demo Programs
	SUNWj6cfg	1.6.0_04	JDK 6.0 Host Config
	SUNWj6rtx	1.6.0_04	JDK 6.0 64–bit Runtime Environment
	SUNWj6rt	1.6.0_04	JDK 6.0 Runtime Environment
	SUNWj6man	1.6.0_04	JDK 6.0 Man Pages
	SUNWj6dvx	1.6.0_04	JDK 6.0 Dev Tools
	SUNWj6dev	1.6.0_04	JDK 6.0 64–bit Dev Tools
	SUNWj6dmx	1.6.0_04	JDK 6.0 64–bit Demo Programs
automake	SUNWgnu-automake-19	1.9.6	GNU Automake 1.9.6
	SUNWgnu-automake-110	1.10	GNU Automake 1.10
libtool	SUNWlibtool	1.5.22	libtool-GNU libtool utility
flex	SUNWflexlex	2.5.33	Flex Lexer
bison	SUNWbison	2.3	bison — A YACC Replacement
make	SUNWsprot		Solaris bundled tools
gmake	SUNWgmake	3.8.1	gmake-GNU make
cvs	SUNWcvs	1.12.13	The CVS version control system

Using gcc for Development

gcc compilers are available in the pkg.opensolaris.org for downloading and installation. To install the gcc-dev package, type :

$ pkg install gcc-dev