LIVE Server Installation Instructions: Solaris

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Several libraries that are required by the LIVE Server are not available on default installations of Solaris (sparc),These libraries are provided for you along with installation instructions in order to properly configure your LIVEServer for use.

LIVE Server Installation

Root Installation
Nonroot Installation
Uninstall Instructions

Root install

If you are an administrator on the machine on which you will install the LIVE Server, it is recommended that you use the root installation. This will automatically check dependencies, and install the server into the place where all users can use it.
  1. Download the LIVE Server root package
  2. Extract the file: gunzip live-version-build-os-arch-local.gz
  3. Run the command as root: pkgadd -d live-version-build-os-arch-local
  4. Download the extra libraries package
    • Libraries for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are available here
    • Libraries for Solaris 10 are available here
    • Extra Packages for Solaris x86 are not needed
  5. Create a new directory
  6. Extract the libraries into the new directory
  7. Edit the /usr/bin/rxlaunch6 sci script
  8. Add the following code to the 2nd line of the script after #!/bin/sh 
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/your/extra/libraries
  9. Save the file
  10. Launch your LIVE Session from your LIVE Client (X-Win32, LinuxLIVE, MacLIVE etc)

Non-root install

The non-root installation is a compressed tar file, which will typically be installed in your $HOME directory in a sub directory named 'LIVEServer.' which needs to be added to the SCI on the client.
  1. Download the LIVE Server nonroot package
  2. Extract the file: gunzip < live-version-build-os-arch.local. tar.gz | tar xvf -
  3. Download the extra libraries package:
    • Libraries for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are available here
    • Libraries for Solaris 10 are available here
    • Extra Packages for Solaris x86 are not needed
  4. Create a new directory
  5. Extract the libraries into the new directory
  6. Edit the LIVEServer/bin/rxlaunch6 script
  7. Add the following code to the 2nd line of the script after #!/bin/sh 
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/your/extra/libraries
  8. Save the file
  9. On the client side (X-Win32, LinuxLIVE, MacLIVE etc), edit the SCI to point to the path of LIVEServer/bin/rxlaunch6
  10. Launch your LIVE Session from your LIVE Client

Notes

The LIVE server starts automatically when a LIVE client connects. The client runs the 'sci' program, which in turn starts rxserver, if it isn't already running. Communication between the LIVE components on the server are through files and named sockets in a directory named .nx in your home directory, which is created automatically. You do not need to start anything after installation. It will automatically exit when you terminate your last running session. For security reasons, each user runs his own instance of the LIVE server.

Uninstall Instructions

  • Root Install:(as a root user) pkgrm STARlive
  • Nonroot Install: Remove the LIVEServer/ directory

System Requirements

Source Code

These libraries are distributed under the GPL
Source code for gcc 3.4.6
Source Code for libiconv 1.11
AttachmentSize
Extra Libraries (Solaris 8, 9 sparc)1.72 MB
Extra Libraries (Solaris 10 sparc)1.1 MB