On 15/04/07, Kwang-Hyun Baek <kwang-hyun.baek at dartmouth.edu> wrote: > Why don't blastwave packages realize that there are sun packages? I > installed vim, fileutils (can't live without colored 'ls'), and gkrellm. > gkrellm requires some gtk library CSWgtk (but it ignores the fact SUNWGtkr > and SUNWGtku are installed. Moreover, a while back, I made a mistake of > trying to upgrade to gnome 2.16 (the sol express that I was running had 2.14) > using blastwave. Rather than upgrading the existing gnome, it installed a > whole new instance of gnome. Of course after doing so, my system got > confused and gnome services wouldn't start properly... oh, the pain I went > through to fix that... >
Blastwave is a complete software stack that is isolated from the rest of your system. This is due, in part, to the fact that it has to work on versions of Solaris from 8 to 10. Yes, it will not upgrade the existing instance of GNOME. Blastwave is purposefully designed to not interfere with or "muck" with your base system. Using Blastwave is a lot like using OpenPKG on a GNU/Linux system. It isn't like using an extra software repository on Debian, etc. In fact, based on Solaris standards, 3rd party software is prohibited (by guidelines) from replacing the base software that comes with Solaris. It can only be installed as an add-on. > What IS the best way to upgrade software? I've tried Live Upgrade, but the > first time I tried, the upgraded partition wouldn't boot correctly, and since > it's installing the entire root all over again, it takes a really long time. > Is there an EASY way to manage upgrade? I've been a Debian user for the last > 6 years or so and I fell in love with apt-get. Is there something similar? > pkg-get doesn't work since it doesn't really play nicely with Sun packages. > If you had a live upgrade problem, we would like to hear about it. I have done many liveupgrades without a problem. You can of course choose to run the upgrade option from the installer as well instead of using liveupgrade. There is nothing similar to apt-get's dist-upgrade. pkg-get plays very nicely with Sun packages, since it doesn't use or interfere with them at all. The best way to upgrade software is to use the upgrade feature the installer provides, or use liveupgrade. If you were running an officially supported and released version of Solaris, such as Solaris 10 Update 3, you could use the Sun Update Manager to easily keep your system up to date. No such tool is currently available, or is planned to be available for the development releases. > I heard that GnuSolaris is using apt-get but when I was trying to install it, > it wanted to wipe out other partitions where Debian and windows reside. > Moreover, how well does GnuSolaris work with opensolaris installation and > development? > I don't know for sure how suitable Nexenta is for OpenSolaris development if your changes are aimed at the normal Solaris / Solaris Express environments. -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
