In a nutshell, hell yes!  It's more difficult to setup than on Linux but
pretty much all of the info is out there.

Here's an excellent link for getting things setup:

http://blogs.sun.com/warren/entry/update_running_slimserver_on_solaris

You'll also need to download and install MySQL seperately.  The MySQL
included with Solaris 10 will not work (it's too old of a version). 
I've used MySQL 5.033 and 5.041 without problems.

A good resource for setting up MySQL on Solaris 10 is:

http://meljr.com/~meljr/mysql_Sol10.html

This assumes you are using the MySQL that came with Solaris.  Change
paths accordingly.

To use SlimServer with MySQL you'll need to read:

http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?ExistingMySQLInstance

SlimServer uses an older authentication method so you'll need to use
the old_password command on your SlimServer user in MySQL.  See:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html

I ended up compiling Perl 5.8.8 using Sun Studio 11 with no problems. 
Same for MySQL.  The tricky part of my Perl installation was when it
asked about the link to /usr/bin/perl and whether or not I wanted to
change it to point to 5.8.8.  You want it to change the symlink for you
so you don't have to modify any of your Perl scripts (Slimserver,
scanner.pl, et al.)

I went from running SlimServer on XP home to Solaris 10 and was amazed
at how much better it performed.


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