Sunstudio on Solaris10 (x86)

Question

I have installed Solaris10 on a computer with standard Intel architecture.
The installation of SunStudio12 can not be finished in the way
described in the Sun .pdf paper, because
there (on the hard disk) is not any file
called .installer or like this.
I used once the tar-bzz version of the installation software,
on the medium called as sunstudi.bz2.
After unpacking it I got 2 folders :
one called SUNWspro, containing a lot software, among it file to launch the sunstudio.
another one called NetBeans-5.5.1 containing the NetBeans software required by sunstudio.
Nowhere there was a file called installer or batch-installer.
The netbeans from the folder NetBeans-5.5.1 can not get started,
because an important file in folder /etc have not been found.
Also the suspected/expected folder /etc/netbeans was not found.
I have installed NetBeans one time and could compile and launch java programs,
I don't know, why not now.
Does somebody know is to do to improve the system to let the netbeans start ?
Does somebody know, why the compilers, contained in SUNWspro
don't make executable files by compilation c++ cofde files ?
The executables, which the SunStudio Compilers makes by using the command line
don't start due to some memory errors, the log files called "core" -like don't let m,e open them in an editor.
regards for readers

Answer 1

Dear Nik,
I think, I got the problem solved, though I am not finished.
I try to split the message into 4 blocks :
1(sunstudio)
2(netbeans)
3(built by-myself biaries)
4(solaris)
ad 1 (sunstudio)
I unzipped by bunzip2 the delivered sunstudio sources:
$>bunzip2 sunstudi.bz2
After this I moved it to folder /opt.
$>mv sunstudi /opt
I unpacked the sunstudi to /opt.
There have been created 3 folders: netbeans-5.5.1,SS12_README_FIRST and SUNWspro
$>pwd
/opt
$>ls
netbeans-5.5.1 sunstudi SUNWmlib SUNWvts SS12_README_FIRST SUNWits SUNWspro
I tried to launch the sunstudio by hitting :
$>/opt/SUNWspro/bin/sunstudio &
My machine answered with an error mesage :
[1] 5404
<$Validating NetBeans IDE at :"opt/SUNWspro/.../netbeans-5.5.1"
Sun Studio is unable to find a supported version of the NetBeans IDE at the specified location.
Sun Studio requires a NetBeans IDE version 5.5.1 with NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack version 5.5.1 installed.Sun Studio looks for a valid NetBeans IDE installation in the following order :
1) Location specified with --netbeanshome command line option
2) At /opt/netbeans-5.5.1 location, if exists (!)
3) At /opt/SUNWspro/.../netbeans-5.5.1 location, if exists
4) At /opt/SUNWspro/.../.../netbeans-5.5.1 location, if exists
Please run the System Preparation Tool (prepare_system), if available, to set up your environment
[1]+ Exit 1
So I tried everything to check, what just can be "guilty".
I found out, that the executable "netbeans" is suspiciously small (3824 byte).
So I thought, an error occurs everytime while decompressing sunstudi
and the unpacking of netbeans ends or breaks up without to create and place all its contains onto the disk.
Probably hardware error.
This was in my opinion the main bug for running netbeans and sunstudio.
I left the sunstudio on the disk and erased the netbeans 5.5.1.
ad2(netbeans)
I downloaded a platform independent version of Netbeans 6.5 and placed the zip file into
the disk to another place : /export (for some else important reasons) and unpacked it.
The netbeans started properly and I could build some java applications,
hoping to can add the C compilers from the SUNWSpro to the library of netbeans.
They have been found, almost automatically. The building of binaries ended with error messages.
But I got an object file (.o).
So I give the building of c++ apps by netbeans up
and I tried to compile the fresh generated codes typing
/opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC code.cpp -o out
It went well and I got later the built executable to run. It worked also well.
So I use now the NetBeans 6.5 from else source and I can write source codes.
Surprising way the netbeans found the compilers in the sunstudio folder.
But the ´launching of sunstudio by hitting :
/<sunstudiohome>/sunstudio & -- netbeanshome <netbeans 6.5 homedirectory>
was always aborted.
3(built by-myself binaries)
I don't need much to write in c (or c++). And right now I can't analyze,
why the maker made so bad propblems in the work at netbeans.
But the "direct" building of programs with one source file ended successfully.
4(solaris)
I can't get the PATH variable set.
The command line in the terminal takes everything but doesn't change anything.
The PATH variable doesn't change in anyway.
Something wrong occurs always.
I am sure, that the SOLARIS installation works instable or wrongly.
Many else of my SOLARIS troubles remain unsolved but it belongs maybe anywhere else.
Thank You very much for assistance.
Greetings, Alexander