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Unattended installation of ActivePerl in a custom directory on Solaris

Posted by kevinw on 2006-10-20 13:59
OS: Solaris | Product: ActivePerl | tags: activeperl automation install unattended
Question:

I need to install ActivePerl in a custom directory on Solaris without any user interaction. How can I do that?

Answer:

There are two ways to install ActivePerl in a custom directory on Solaris such that the installation can be run unattended.

The first is to use the "--license-accepted --prefix /path/to/install/to" arguments to the install.sh provided in the Tar/Gzip ActivePerl package:

gnutar zxf ActivePerl-solaris-package.tar.gz
cd ActivePerl-directory
sh install.sh --license-accepted --prefix /opt/ActiveState/ActivePerl

The above can be used in a shell script, for example.

Alternatively, you can make your own Solaris package. This has the benefit of registering ActivePerl with the Solaris packaging system, making upgrades easier in some cases. A good tutorial on making Solaris packages can be found here:

http://www.sunfreeware.com/pkgadd.html