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Christos Hayward
Asked: 2011-05-15 07:55:10 +0800 CST

What is the package manager under OpenSolaris 5.11?

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I'm on an OpenSolaris 5.11 server and when I asked about Django, technical support offered to use pkgin as a package manager.

[root@gpx8nnaa ~]# uname -a
SunOS gpx8nnaa.joyent.us 5.11 snv_89 i86pc i386 i86pc
[root@gpx8nnaa ~]# find / -name pkgin
[root@gpx8nnaa ~]#

This computer does not appear to have pkgin installed. How can I install a preferred package manager on this server?

solaris packages opensolaris sunos

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I don't have an OpenSolaris 'server' to hand but the desktop I have handy has packagemanager (gui) and pkg (command line) installed. If you have access to packagemanager then you can add the webstack repository 

    gksu /usr/bin/packagemanager

    File->Manage Repositories
        Name: Webstack
        URL:  http://pkg.opensolaris.org/webstack
    Add

    This should allow you to select the Webstack repository which contains Django.

    If you don't have access to a GUI then you can install Django from the command line using pkg

    pfexec pkg set-authority -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/webstack webstack
pfexec pkg refresh 
pfexec pkg install Django

    Note in place of pfexec if you have it setup you can use sudo or you can su to root and run the commands directly.

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  2. First, it appears you aren't really using a regular OpenSolaris distribution but kind of an old fork of it. pkgin is a pkgsrc front-end and is available on recent Joyent servers. On older ones, you should use pkg_add instead, and on even older ones using Blastwave as repository, pkg-get is the way to go.

    Have a look at this page for details: http://wiki.joyent.com/display/smart/Joyent+Package+Repositories

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  3. The official name of the OpenSolaris packaging system is IPS (Image Packaging System). The primary command-line tool is pkg(1). See http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Project+pkg/WebHome

    jilliagre is correct: Joyent do not use an official release. SmartOS is based on SXCE, which did not use IPS, but the older SVR4 package system from Solaris 10 and back. Various third-party packagers such as Blastwave wrap SVR4 with their own package managers to handle things like automatic dependency installation which are not provided by SVR4 tools.

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