Hi, I am a Solaris novice and am trying to install Oracle 8.1.7 Client on a fresh installation of Solaris 8 (no patches). The Oracle install guide states the following is required: //////////////////// Required Executables To determine if you are using the correct system executables, enter the following commands: $ /usr/bin/which make $ /usr/bin/which ar $ /usr/bin/which ld $ /usr/bin/which nm Each command should point to the /usr/ccs/bin directory. If not, add /usr/ccs/bin to the beginning of the PATH environment variable in the current shell. See "PATH" on page 2-12 for instructions on setting the PATH variable. //////////////////// I don't have "make" installed. # which make make: not found My path is: PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/etc:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb I have tried doing a find for make but it is definitely not installed. How do I install make, ar, ld & nm?

You need to install, gcc binnaries it will include make and other tools to build software from codes. I personaly use "MIPgcc" it is a package if you can find it . just install it using package add -d MIPgcc, this package contains all the require files remember SUN 2.8 , solaris 8 is not come with CC, so there is no chance of compiling make or gcc from source code, you have to obtain MIPgcc, or any GCC precompiled binnaries for you r platform , x86, sparc. visit http://www.sunfreeware.com to get the compiled version of GCC. Remember again you can not compile any codes, if you have installed native solaris 8. wish you good luck. admin@paklight.net