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opensolaris

OpenSolaris

Installation

Administration

  • Package Manager is the program “packagemanager” and requires an X connection. Try using SUDO or pfexec.
  • pkg program is the non-X11 version of packagemanager. The manual page is useful.
    • pkg search SPEC will hopefully get you a package name, SUNWpackagename, which can be used with pkg to install what you'd like, i.e., pkg install SUNWpackagename
 The package manager on t1k1 is called, mysteriously,
 "packagemanager".  It will want an X11 display in order to run, so
 you'll need PuTTY/SSH and a machien that comprehends X.
 
 If you'd like to run the package manager from the command line
 (easier, probably), the command is "pkg".
 
 To find a package you want, you can use "pkg search [searchspec]"
 
 i.e., "pkg search dungeon" produces the following output:
 
 > INDEX      ACTION    VALUE                     PACKAGE
 > basename   file      usr/lib/nethack/dungeon   pkg:/SUNWnethack@3.4.3-0.98
 > basename   file      usr/lib/nethack/dungeon   pkg:/SUNWnethack@3.4.3-0.91
 > basename   file      usr/lib/nethack/dungeon   pkg:/SUNWnethack@3.4.3-0.101
 > basename   file      usr/lib/nethack/dungeon   pkg:/SUNWnethack@3.4.3-0.101
 > basename   file      usr/lib/nethack/dungeon   pkg:/SUNWnethack@3.4.3-0.99
 > [...]
 
 to install the package you would then run:
 
    sudo pkg install SUNWnethack
 
 The pkg manpage appears to be useful and descriptive.
opensolaris.txt · Last modified: 2010/08/06 19:30 by mvoorhis