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SCO Skunkware 98 contains files suitable for installation on SCO OpenServer systems with the Software Manager facility (/etc/custom). In addition, there are compressed archives of pre-compiled utilities which can be extraced manually. Finally, there are hundreds of source archives (almost everything on the CD is accompanied by the source used to build it).
NOTE: A full installation of SCO Skunkware 98 will consume over 500 Megabytes of disk space and take several hours.
SCO Skunkware 98 is both an installation media (recognizable by the SCO OpenServer Software Manager) and a mountable filesystem. In the text that follows, the string mount-point will refer to the full pathname of the CD-ROM mount point (for example, you may choose to mount the CD-ROM on /usr/skunkware in which case mount-point would refer to /usr/skunkware).
Installation on SCO OpenServer
The software packages for SCO OpenServer are located in /mount-point/opt on the CD-ROM. The packages will be exported to /usr/local and in total consume about 500 MB of disk space in /opt/K/SKUNK98. If your root filesystem has insufficient space, prior to installation you can create a symbolic link from /opt/K/SKUNK98 to another filesystem with sufficient disk space. For instance, assuming you have created an additional filesystem on /u with lots of disk space :
# mkdir /u/skunk98
# cd /opt/K
# ln -s /u/skunk98 SKUNK98
To install the entire Skunkware 98 product, execute the command:
# custom -i -m /dev/rcd0
To install an individual package, execute the command:
# custom -p SKUNK98:default:Package -i -m /dev/rcd0
where "Package" is the name of the desired component. See the file
/mount-point/osr5/CONTENTS for the list of available components.
An interactive graphical installation can be performed by running the
Software Manager (/etc/custom) as root and choosing to install from
the CD-ROM device. In this mode, desired packages can be selected by
clicking on an individual package and/or
If, as root, you are running the X.Desktop, then you can configure your
system to mount the SCO Skunkware 98 CD-ROM by double-clicking the System
Administration folder -> Filesystems -> Filesystem Manager. Alternatively,
at a root shell prompt, type "scoadmin f" to bring up the Filesystem Manager.
Next select Mount -> Add Mount Configuration -> Local and enter /dev/cd0 for
the device and a mount point. Change the "Can Users Mount"
to Yes and uncheck the "At System Startup" mount. After completing this
operation, you should be able to mount and unmount the SCO Skunkware 98 CD-ROM
by typing "mnt mount-point" and "umnt mount-point" as any user.
This cdrom is built as a mountable filesystem, and may be mounted
to view, use, or install. To mount the cdrom, use the mount(ADM)
command with the mount point of your choice.
If you do not have gzcat installed (part of the gzip package), you can
install it off of the SCO Skunkware 98 CD via the command:
Further platform-specific installation instructions are available in the
Skunkware 98 Release Notes:
After completing the installation of the Skunkware 98 components you desire,
you may wish to add /usr/local/bin to your PATH and /usr/local/man to your
MANPATH. You may also wish to add /usr/local/java to your CLASSPATH. It should
not be necessary to add /usr/local/lib to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH as the
Skunkware 98 shared libraries have been built with the appropriate flags.
Technical Library Supplements
You may also find the
SCO Technical Library Supplements
to be of interest.
These are
drawn from the
SCO Support Online System,
and are accessible via anonymous ftp on the Internet from
ftp.sco.com
or via
web facilities at
http://www.sco.com
Comments
Please direct any comments on the installation of Skunkware components to
skunkware@ronrecord.com.
OpenServer :
# mount -r /dev/cd0 /mount-point
or
UnixWare :
# mount -r -f cdfs /dev/cdrom/c1b0t210 /mount-point
Source code is provided in the /src directory.
In some cases, source code is provided but no
compiled binaries. The source distributions are in gzip-compressed
tar or cpio format. In order to extract these, use the command:
$ gzcat /mount-point/src/<directory>/<package>.tar.gz | tar xf -
or, in the case of a compressed cpio archive:
$ gzcat /mount-point/src/<directory>/<package>.cpio.gz | cpio -icdu
Where <directory> refers to the top-level source directory
and <package> is the package name (e.g. gzip-1.2.4).
# custom -p SKUNK98:default:GZIP -i -m /dev/rcd0