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This page contains links to the documentation for the Sun Studio 11 software release on Linux platforms. Links to release notes and manuals (except third-party manuals) are to documents on the docs.sun.com web site.

There is also a documentation index for the Sun Studio 11 release on Solaris platforms.

Sun Studio 11 For Linux Platforms Documentation
Installation Guide

 

Installation and Setup Guide (docs.sun.com) Gives instructions for installing the Sun Studio 11 for Linux Platforms software development tools and serial number license, removing the software, and troubleshooting licensing and installation problems.
Release Notes, Readmes, and Man Pages
Release Notes Sun Studio 11 for Linux Platforms Release Notes (HTML) Contain the most up-to-date information about the following:
  • System requirements
  • Disk space requirements
  • Patch requirements
  • Installation issues
  • Documentation for this release and how to access it
  • Problems and workarounds that are not covered in the readmes
Readmes dbx Readme (HTML) Information about Sun Studio dbx, an interactive, source-level, command-line debugging tool.
dmake Readme (HTML) Information about the Sun Studio command-line tool dmake, which is used to build targets in distributed, parallel, or serial mode.
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Readme (HTML) Information on using the Sun Studio IDE.
Performance Analyzer Readme (HTML) Information about the Sun Studio program performance analysis tools.
Third-Party License Readme (HTML) Information about licensing for third-party tools.
Man Pages analyzer (HTML) GUI for analyzing a program performance experiment .
collect (HTML) Command used to collect program performance data.
dbx (HTML) Source-level debugging tool.
dbxrc (HTML) File of commands to dbx.
dmake (HTML) DistributedMake.
er_archive (HTML) Construct function and module lists for a performance experiment.
er_cp (HTML) Copy a performance experiment.
er_export (HTML) Dump raw data from a performance experiment.
er_mv (HTML) Move a performance experiment.
er_print (HTML) Print an ASCII report from one or more performance experiments
er_rm (HTML) Remove performance experiments.
er_src (HTML) Print source or dissasembly with interleaved compiler commentary.
gil2xd (HTML) Convert GIL source to X-Designer save file
libcollector (HTML) API for the Performance Tools collector library.
rtc_api (HTML) Runtime Checking (RTC) API for use with private memory allocators.
ss_attach (HTML) Start a debugging session in the Sun Studio IDE attached to a specified process.
sunstudio (HTML) Sun Studio integrated development environment.
uil2xd (HTML) Convert UIL source to X-Designer save files
xdcapture (HTML) Capture user interface design from a running Motif/Xt application
xdesigner (HTML) OSF/Motif user interface builder
xdrecord (HTML) Record user actions from a Motif/Xt program
xdreplay (HTML) Simulate user input for Motif/Xt program
xdtosj (HTML) Convert X-Designer MFC code before transfer to PC

Manuals

Debugger Debugging a Program With dbx (docs.sun.com) Intended for programmers who want to debug an application using the dbx command-line debugging tool.
Build Software Distributed Make (dmake) (docs.sun.com) Describes the Sun Studio dmake command.
Performance Analyzer Performance Analyzer (docs.sun.com) Describes the Sun Studio tools that are available for analyzing program performance. The book explains how to collect performance data and analyze the data using either the Performance Analyzer GUI or the command-line interface.

 
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