Im having a lot of trouble wrapping my head around how solaris 11 does packaging. The gist of using software from this site is using a utility called pkgutil, another solaris package that aids installation of software packages listed on this site. Reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on pkgutil. Sometimes your solaris servers dont have direct internet access but you have linux servers that does. Pkgutil is an advanced packaging system, which resolves.
My place to go is, where users can download a boatload of free software for solaris x8664. Users and roles in oracle solaris 11 the urban penguin. When attempting to update the system im encountering the. Solaris opensolaris this forum is for the discussion of solaris, opensolaris, openindiana, and illumos. The m option creates the users home directory immediately rather than on first log in. To download and install the pkgutil package, run the following command as root. How to install an idr pkg using a p5p in solaris 11 eli.
Solaris 8 and solaris 9 users will need to manually get the correct software. It does have a package called entire which has the purpose of keeping all the packages on the system at the correct level, but that is different than install all the packages available. Please note that the package list below is a full list of all the packages. If device2 is a file, a datastream package will be created. All the parts of a package are maintained in a table of contents. So in this post, i will set up the opencsw open community software repository, so people with linux background can easily add new packages in a familiar way. In my first post, i took the first steps in solaris 10 and created a basic environment for anyone with linux experience. Meet pkgutil installer of solaris and opensolaris packages. You need to fetch the correct pkgutil software package from the master mirror. Hi, im new to solaris, and i am trying to install realvnc. Using pkgutil on solaris with puppet for easy package management ive been using puppet on linux systems for some time now, but ive only just started using it in a solaris environment.
We can see from the above output that the default user shell will be bash and the users home directory will be located in exporthome is not specified at the time the user is created to create a new user we can use the command. Sep 15, 2010 this post includes all steps from the opencsw site. On that site, you can view the download instructions and download the images. Both are used to display the package details, then what is the difference between both. Solaris, capturing total tcp data inout using netstat. In case installation of acslsha you should have access to full solaris repositiry. It packages more than 2000 popular open source titles and they can all easily be installed with dependency handling via pkgutil which is modeled after debians aptget. Extends pkgutil functionality libraries dependencies 0 the following tables display the sub list of packages, from the reverse dependencies, that depends on the libs provided by pkgutil. Packagesrelated problem with csw pkgutil on solaris 10 u11. Ive got a fresh solaris 9 install on an ultra 5 and i want to install some extra solaris packages that i believe are on the install cds somewhere. Solaris 9 how to install extra solaris packages solutions. Solaris 9sparc packages are built in a solaris 9 zone running on a sunfire 880 with 4xusiii 900mhz cpus and 8192mb ram. First, you arent using solaris 11 packaging ips but the legacy svr4 packaging. Here is a matrix of the packages and their version numbers for each level of solaris supported on this site.
Oracle has announced the release of oracle solaris 11, a unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems and known for its scalability and innovative enterprise features. Published on the otn garage the official blog of the system admin and developer community of otn with links to tales from the datacenter by erik benner, enterprise architect, mythics inc. Solaris add install new software packages last updated february 1, 2005 in categories news package can be install from cdrom, network i. Oracle today announced availability of oracle solaris 11, the first cloud os. Oracle solaris 11 is designed to meet the security, performance and scalability. How to install an idr pkg using a p5p in solaris 11 elis blog. The tar that typically comes with solaris may not work. This page is concerned with instructions on how to build it all. The software download site for patches is my oracle support. Packages on solaris allow easy installation and extraction of software. Mar 11, 2009 my place to go is, where users can download a boatload of free software for solaris x8664. Solved packagesrelated problem with csw pkgutil on solaris.
Pkgutil, written in perl and licensed under gpl, is a tool to make installation of packages in solaris easier. Im having trouble updating all packages on solaris 11. Download the latest version of the script to your home directory. On solaris, added support for the pkgutil command from blastwave for installing packages, which replaces the old pkgget. Hi, can anyone let me know which command should i use to find filesystem io utilization report along with the respective process bw specific time range.
Nfs or downloading from internet and then add it to system, or from existing location such as varspoolpkg directory if frequently required packages are copied to this location. Solaris 10 has the concept of entire distribution, but solaris 11 does not. Use the search box to enter some or all of the package name, such as gcc, or keyword like editor. Enter a program name, such as, gcc, or a keyword like editor. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. To complete the installation, you should set the root password for mysql as provided in the instructions at the end of the installation. Libraries dependencies 0 the following tables display the sub list of packages, from the reverse dependencies, that depends on the libs provided by p7zip. On solaris 8 and 9 or 10 if you have issues with the above pkgadd you need to download the package manually e. Solaris add install new software packages nixcraft. I download and install the packages like expat,libgcc etc. Building on oracle solaris 11 expressopensolaris is covered on the opensolarisspecific page. Nov 18, 2010 solaris 11 is, in its first official form, with us. Oct 16, 20 installing applying an idr pkgpatch using a.
It can be used to install packages either from a local directorycdrom, or by automatically downloading from a mirror site. Adding and removing packages with pkgadd and pkgrm. Solaris 10 is the first unix that deserves to be called xxi century unix due to implementation of lightweight virtualization scheme called zones, extension of rbac and process right management, dtrace, zfs and predictive selfhealing. To begin with, there are two possibilities of using opencsw. I think one of the killer functions of puppet is being able to easily install packages and manage services on a system. The package tools allow you to install and remove software easily without having to worry about ghost files left on the system or misconfigured or partly installed software. The only way is then simply to remove the old package and install the newer one, which is what rpm u is doing under the hood anyway. No phase actions removal phase 828828 phase items package state update phase 11 package cache update phase 11 image state update phase 22 once i enable gdm, the screen show action and shortly i have the familiar gui login prompt.
Extract files out of solaris pkg file without installing. Extends pkgutil functionality libraries dependencies 0 the following tables display the sub list of packages, from the reverse dependencies, that. In such case you need to download pkgutil with a separate tool like wget, and install it. For installing acsls typical installation of solaris 11. At each prompt, type y, n, or q to specify that you want to remove the package, not remove the package, or quit when youre done, use the pkgchk1m command to verify that the package was removed correctly. Then you can use pkgutil to download packages intelligently for you on a linux host. I understand that there is a yum type packaging approach, but i would expect there to be a rpm i and rpm u approach that allows a package to be delivered and then installed or upgrade for now i have tracked down how to make a package, ie pkgmk and pkgtrans. Adding and removing packages with pkgadd and pkgrm solaris 8. Apr 11, 20 2 responses to solaris 11 getting started howto inuyasha may 5th, 2016. When i tried to remove, i dont know where to find the path.
At each prompt, type y, n, or q to specify that you want to remove the package, not remove the package, or quit. Theres a few alternatives available on how to get and install pkgutil. With the latter, you cannot upgrade a custom package. The product download also includes a readme file containing installation instructions for both versions, and a sample solaris 9 flash archive image provided for validation purposes. I managed to install a few of them by hand using pkgadd but i would like to use their pkgutil application so all dependencies would install themselves automatically, installin.
General sun, sunos and sparc related questions also go here. On solaris, package versions are now shown in the package list and tree. However much we might hate ips, bloat, gnome, bash as roots shell, and all the other linuxisms, weve got to accept that this is the future of solaris assuming solaris has a future and embrace it. Pkgutil is not designed for linux though so you have to do some steps before it works. Select the installation package according to your sun solaris version. The older versions link will take you to a list of up to the last 5 older versions. While pkgget is the original method of installing opencsw packages, i will focus on pkgutil. Pkgadd patch 110934110935 for solaris 8 and 17 114568 for solaris 9. Getting gdm to work on text solaris 11 express 2010. When installing on solaris version 9 or 10 running on the sparc architecture, use the packages named. Instructions for downloading the solaris 9 container product are available at the oracle software delivery cloud. The s option in your first command tells pkgtrans to translate the package into a datastream package on device2 the target if the device2 argument is a directory, then a filesystem type package will be placed in the directory.
And solaris 8 machines have always installed correctly. This is the official site for pkgutil, the easy to use, yet fully featured, installation tool for solaris csw packages. By default, the pkg package installs mysql under the root path optmysql. Now, in solaris i really miss the possibility to add packages via a repository.
Using pkgutil on solaris with puppet for easy package. For solaris 7, 8 and 9 the tgcware v2 for solaris build scripts are used. Hi, i use solaris 10 u11 sparc version, and i have a packagerelated problem. Solaris 9 sparc packages are built in a solaris 9 zone running on a sunfire 880 with 4xusiii 900mhz cpus and 8192mb ram. Solaris 11 is, in its first official form, with us.
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