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Oracle Solaris Studio Release 12.2

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Installing Oracle Solaris Studio

Release NotesLast-minute installation details and information about system requirements and patches.
Installation GuideHow to install the Studio software using the package installer and install required operating system patches.Download PDF

Getting Started

OverviewDescribes the components of Oracle Solaris Studio and shows how they can be used together in an Oracle Solaris development work flow.Download PDF
What's NewSummary of changes for each Oracle Solaris Studio component in this release, plus known problems and workarounds.Download PDF
IDE Quick Start TutorialTakes you through basic steps of developing an application in the IDE.Download PDF

Building Applications

C User's GuideExplains how to use the Oracle Solaris Studio C compiler (cc) and provides detailed information about compiler options.Download PDF
C++ User's GuideExplains how to use the Oracle Solaris Studio C++ compiler (CC) and provides detailed information about compiler options.Download PDF
Fortran User's GuideExplains how to use the Oracle Solaris Studio Fortran compiler (f95) and provides detailed information about compiler options and directives.Download PDF
Distributed Make (dmake) [Sun Studio 12 document]

Debugging Applications

Debugging a Program with dbxDescribes how to use the Oracle Solaris Studio dbx debugger, an interactive source-level debugging tool.Download PDF
dbxtool TutorialDemonstrates how to use a graphical user interface for the dbx debugger.Download PDF
Discover and Uncover User's GuideDescribes how to use the Discover tool to find memory-related errors in binaries compiled on SPARC-based platforms, and the Uncover tool to measure code coverage of applications.Download PDF

Observing and Tuning Applications

Performance AnalyzerDescribes the performance analysis tools (collect, Performance Analyzer, er_print) used to collect and analyze a range of performance data as it is mapped to the program source.Download PDF
Performance Analyzer MPI TutorialShows how to use the Performance Analyzer's MPI features with a sample MPI program from the Oracle Message Passing Toolkit.Download PDF
Thread Analyzer User's GuideTwo separate tutorials show you how to use the Thread Analyzer to detect data races and deadlocks in multithreaded programs.Download PDF
SPOT User's GuideDescribes how to use the Simple Performance Optimization Tool (SPOT) to help diagnose performance problems.Download PDF
DLight TutorialShows the steps of running a program in DLight, an interactive profiling tool on Solaris for C/C++ developers, to observe resource usage of the program.Download PDF

Application Programming Interfaces (API)

OpenMP API User's GuideDescribes the OpenMP application program interface (API) supported by Oracle Solaris Studio compilers and tools for building multithreaded applications.Download PDF
Sun Performance Library User's GuideDescribes how to use the Sun Performance Library, a set of enhanced Netlib subroutines that are supported by the Oracle Solaris Studio compilers. User guide is available in PDF only.
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Reference Documentation

Command-Line Reference (man pages)HTML man pages for Oracle Solaris Studio commands.

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