Oracle Solaris Studio Installer "WARNING - Installer failed to determine CPU type" (Doc ID 1448958.1)

Last updated on MARCH 15, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

When non-GUI installation of Oracle Solaris Studio 12.2 or higher is used, the
installer emits the following messages:

There then are two scenarios:

1. Installation is successful
2. Installation is unsuccessful. In the installation logfile, the following messages can be observed:
   
   
   [2012-03-06 16:58:12.300]: Installing native package...
   [2012-03-06 16:58:12.303]: java.lang.NullPointerException
   [2012-03-06 16:58:12.303]: at org.netbeans.installer.product.components.NativeClusterConfigurationLogic.getSPROsslnkInstalled(NativeClusterConfigurationLogic.java:110)
   [2012-03-06 16:58:12.303]: at org.netbeans.installer.product.components.NativeClusterConfigurationLogic.install(NativeClusterConfigurationLogic.java:121)
   [2012-03-06 16:58:12.303]: at org.netbeans.installer.product.components.Product.install(Product.java:343)
   [2012-03-06 16:58:12.303]: at org.netbeans.installer.wizard.components.actions.sunstudio.InstallAction.execute(InstallAction.java:167)
   [2012-03-06 16:58:12.304]: at org.netbeans.installer.wizard.components.WizardAction$1.run(WizardAction.java:120)
   [2012-03-06 16:58:12.323]: ... also rollbacking Oracle Solaris Studio(ss-base/12.2.0.0.0)

Changes

The Oracle Solaris Studio installer, in releases 12.2 and higher, uses prtconf and prtdiag to identify system hardware.

The installation failure is specific to Oracle Solaris Studio 12.2; it is resolved in Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3.

Cause

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