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Christian Schaffer provided us with details about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system) Solaris] installations he uses to build and use GDAL. Check the [wiki:SupportedCompilers#TestedEnvironments Tested Environments] table for more information.

Below, I pasted some helpful tips from Christian:

General note:
 * we use binary packages of gcc from www.blastwave.org

Settings to apply on SPARC only:
 * use gld from www.blastwave.org [=/opt/csw/bin/gld]
 * if using OCI: set LDFLAGS=-L/opt/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib32 before configure
 * if using OCI: edit GDALmake.opt like this before make
{{{
C_PROFFLAGS = -g3 -pg -DDEBUG
LIBS = -lclntsh -L/opt/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib32  -lm -lrt -ldl
}}}

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On a multi-user Solaris system without root privileges, GDAL may need to be installed in the user's home directory. In this case, be sure to use (for example) --prefix=$HOME/local in the configuration. Python (among other programs) need to link to the library, and if errors related to missing "libgdal.so.1" are shown, the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable may to be adjusted to the location of the library files. This can be achieved by adjusting (for example) in ~/.bash_profile:
{{{
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$HOME/local/lib
}}}
or to wherever the ''prefix''/lib was defined in the configuration.