Hi Guys,

I am willing to write some programs in C/C++ for Solaris machine.
I am pretty good in C++ programming for PC.
But I have some questions, while starting programming in solaris.

1. Which one is the most suitable & easy to use compiler?
(Most probabaly I will use vi editor to edit programs, any suggestions welcomed)
2. From where I can get that compiler and how to install the compiler
3. From where I can get C/C++ libraries for Solaris/UNIX?
4. How to start compiling and running program?
5. Will those programs written portable on both LINUX/SOLARIS?

Regards
@Asteroid

Sun provides a compiler that you can use, but be prepared to spend money on it. If you want something free, then use GCC.

GCC is available at http://www.gnu.org, or more specifically at http://directory.fsf.org/project/gcc/. Contact Sun if you wish to use their compiler.

These are included with the compiler. Other libraries with the OS.

1) Edit your program; save to a .c (or .cpp) file
2) gcc file.c -o file
3) ./file

For C++ files, use 'g++' in lieu of 'gcc'.

Only you can assure this. Make sure that you stick with the standards and POSIX compliant libraries. Using the following GCC flags is helpful too: -ansi -pedantic

Rather, use

gcc -Wall file.c -o file
.

You'll see warning with -Wall if compiler thinks your program is not quite correct, and it's a good thing.

I think Sun distributes precompiled gcc for their OSes.

I can help you build gcc from scratch using a tool I developed, and you don't have to be 'root' in order to build and install it.

@Sergei Steshenko & @dwhitney67

Thx for the help.

@Sergei Steshenko

Appreciating a lot, the way you are assisting. please let me know how can I use the above tool mentioned by you.
Thank you.

Some further developments. I came to know I have GCC on both LINUX and SUN.

So, Am I ready to start writing code? and distributing executables to any of the machines LINUX/SUN for execution. Should I compile SUN distribution on SUN machine and LINUX distribution on LINUX machine.

Need you suggestions....

SUN:
LINUX:

Those are older versions of GCC. Many Linux systems today ship with version 4.2.x or 4.3.x.

Which distro of Linux are you using? Can it be upgraded?

Yes, you should do that.

Well, the tool is FOSS, but the officially released version is quite old. I guess you can contact me through PM and give some Email of yours.

I'll send you the tarball and instructions - basically, just a single (though long) command line. The tool is supposed to do everything automatically, beginning from downloading sources from the net.

If you have problems, contact me back, I'll try to help you.

In 2006 the tool was capable of building gtk+ and all its dependencies on Solaris.

The tool is my workhorse, i.e. I'm building the needed for me infrastructure using it.

My "egoistic" interest is to try the tool on Solaris again - I do not have access to Solaris, especially, I do not have access to SPARC Solaris.

If you want to get the idea, the outdated version is here: http://AppsFromScratch.berlios.de/ .

FWIW, my present version builds both gcc-3.4.6 (needed for QEMU) and gcc-4.3.3 - for the rest. Both versions coexist peacefully.

No , we cannot upgarde.
Will this GCC version will not bring out most of my programs, any problems expected to be faced due to this version?

On the one hand, gcc-3.4.6 is a good compiler.

On the other, later gcc versions, especially the gcc-4.3.* thread, are much stricter WRT to language.

So, if you use gcc-3.4.6 to develop your programs, they might fail to work if compiled with a later gcc version.

The beauty of the offered AppsFromScratch is that you change _nothing_ at system level, and you do not even need root permissions to build and install the stuff.

I.e. you can build your own up to date programming "universe" without breaking the existing system and without having any conflict with it.

what type of programs are you trying to code up?

Some sort of Network monitoring system, Monitor SUN Machines health and applications running on them.

Let me share with you, I am willing to write code for machines which are part of LIVE communication NETWORK (TELCO).

Any suggestions... for the stat up

Regards
@Asteroid

there are already solaris tools that are able to do network monitoring, checking system health etc. i don't see why you need to write your own.

looked at Nagios?