The IRIX 6.5 Complementary Applications CD, August 2006, is a companion to IRIX 6.5.30 and the IRIX 6.5 Applications CD. This CD contains various desktop applications and products that are not installed by default.

IMPORTANT Complementary Applications CD NOTE:
Because the .related_dists file has been removed from the IRIX 6.5 Apps CD distribution, users may not be aware of the /CDROM/dist/dev and /CDROM/dist/extras directories. To access these use the "Open" option in Software Manager.

Product Additions and Revisions

• Easy Software ESP PrintPro with 80 printer driver packages, 4.5.5
• Printing Tools, Release 1.18.5 printpro_desktop Companion
• OpenGL Performer 3.2.1 Database Samples
• Mozilla for IRIX 1.7.12 Headers (dev)
• SGI Secure Array Services Version 3.7 ( synchonized with Linux version ).

Product Removals

• Mozilla for IRIX 1.7.12 (MIPS3 only) (See Note 1)
• Netscape Communicator Developer's Environment, 4.8a
• Netscape Navigator Client, 4.8a

Note 1: This can be obtained from the SupportFolio Web Site.

Important Notes About the Products

• Easy Software ESP PrintPro and printpro_desktop
  Easy Software ESP PrintPro package requires a license. You can obtain a 21-day demo license for this software by going to the ESP web site.

  ESP PrintPro replaces several files that are part of the IRIX print product therefore these two packages are incompatable with one another. For this reason, the printpro_desktop package should be installed instead of the print package. printpro_desktop is an ESP PrintPro companion package and is a subset of the print package. It can only be installed when ESP PrintPro is installed and replaces the print package. Also, all products requiring the print package are satisfied via printpro_desktop package. If you install ESP PrintPRO and later want to remove the package, you will need to :

  • remove printpro_desktop package
  • reinstall print from the Applications CD and the current IRIX 6.5 Overlay CD in order to restore print.
• OpenGL Performer
  The OpenGL Performer Development Environment package is located on the Applications CD while the OpenGL Performer Run-Time Environment and OpenGL Performer Demos and Demo Data packages are located on the 3rd IRIX Overlay CD. This was due to the limitation of space on these CDs.
• CDE
  The new release of CDE is dependent on the updated version of ToolTalk that is included with IRIX 6.5.19 or later. ToolTalk patch 4915 was created that will allow this version of CDE to install on earlier versions of IRIX 6.5.X.
• Mozilla Client
  As indicated at the beginning of this document, the MIPS3 version of Mozilla ( mozilla_mips3 package ) is no longer distributed on the IRIX 6.5 Complementary Applications CD since IRIX 6.5.29. However, it can be obtained from SGI Supportfolio Web Site.
• Netscape Communicator Client
  As indicated at the beginning of this document, the netscape product suite consisting of netscape, netscape_dev and netscape_lite are no longer distributed on the IRIX 6.5 Complementary Applications CD since IRIX 6.5.29. SGI Secure Array Services Version 3.7
  This is the secure version of Array Services based on OpenSSL. Array Services and Secure Array Services are mutually incompatible. A cluster either use the regular version or the secure version; it cannot be mixed. Also, Secure Array Services require additional configuration such as certificates for the entire cluster in order to run.

Release Notes

If you choose to read the release notes for products before installing new products, you can now view the release notes easily from Software Manager. From the desktop Toolchest choose System, then Software Manager. This will bring up the Software Manager window. Choose to Customize Installation by typing /CDROM/dist into the Available Software box. A list of products available for installation will come up. If the product name is highlighted (similar to an HTML link) then there are Release Notes available. Simply click on the link to bring up the Release Notes window.

Product Support Information

SGI provides a comprehensive product support maintenance programs for its products. For more information install the Welcome product from your IRIX 6.5 Overlay CDs and browse the Support and Services page. To purchase support, contact your local SGI sales office (see http://www.sgi.com/global/).

Software License Agreement

Packaged with your software is a separate sheet containing the Software License Agreement. Software in this release is provided to you solely under the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement. Please take a few moments to review the Agreement.