Oracle® Database Installation 10g Checking the Software for Solaris(SPARC 64-Bit)

Checking the Software Requirements

$ cat /etc/release

# uname -r

Requirement Operating system One of the following 64-bit operating system versions:

Solaris 8 Update 7 or later
Solaris 9 Update 6 or later
Solaris 10

Packages
SUNWarc
SUNWbtool
SUNWhea
SUNWlibm
SUNWlibms
SUNWsprot
SUNWtoo
SUNWi1of
SUNWi1cs
SUNWi15cs
SUNWxwfnt
SUNWsprox


To determine which version of Solaris is installed, enter the following command:

# uname -r
5.9

In this example, the version shown is Solaris 9 (5.9). If necessary, refer to your operating system documentation for information about upgrading the operating system.

To determine whether the required packages are installed, enter a command similar to the following:

# pkginfo -i SUNWarc SUNWbtool SUNWhea SUNWlibm SUNWlibms SUNWsprot \
SUNWsprox SUNWtoo SUNWi1of SUNWi1cs SUNWi15cs SUNWxwfnt

To determine whether an operating system patch is installed, enter a command similar to the following:

# /usr/sbin/patchadd -p grep patch_number(without version number)


For example, to determine if any version of the 111713 patch is istalled, use the follwing command:

# /usr/sbin/patchadd -p grep 111713

If an operating system patch is not installed, then download it from the following Web site and install it:http://sunsolve.sun.com/