On Jul 13, 2007, at 7:18 PM, Jim Adams wrote:
> I know that Debian GNU/Linux has Synaptic for package management.
> Is there a similar package manager for Solaris?
>
We use pkgsrc http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html A
big reason for choosing pkgsrc is that it works on multiple
Hmmm...
> apt-get merely sits ontop of debian packages - nothing stopping anyone
> (or you for that matter) to implement apt-get for SVR5 pkg's.
NexentaOS already has...
DSL
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> pkgadd has been invented by AT&T engineers.
This is known to me.
> It still
> implements a lot of things
> rpm and dpkg are missing.
That is correct. I've recently done some RPM packaging and RPM is pretty kludgy
when it comes to it - packaging is not as straightforward and as simple as it
i
On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 04:25 -0700, Nicolas Linkert wrote:
> Which leads to the interesting question why OpenSolaris doesn't take pkg-get.
> Or apt-get. Or rpm. Ok, wrong question. Not invented by SUN engineers ...
>
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Nicolas Linkert wrote:
> Which leads to the interesting question why OpenSolaris doesn't take pkg-get.
> Or apt-get. Or rpm. Ok, wrong question. Not invented by SUN engineers ...
For the base rpm/deb versus pkgadd I think you will find that on the
hole pkgadd has all the core functionality that
UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Which leads to the interesting question why
> > OpenSolaris doesn't take pkg-get. Or apt-get. Or rpm.
> > Ok, wrong question. Not invented by SUN engineers ...
>
> There are better, more robust and more intelligent software subsystems
> available than Deb
> Which leads to the interesting question why
> OpenSolaris doesn't take pkg-get. Or apt-get. Or rpm.
> Ok, wrong question. Not invented by SUN engineers ...
There are better, more robust and more intelligent software subsystems
available than Debian's DPKG or RedHat's RPM format, which makes dpk
Which leads to the interesting question why OpenSolaris doesn't take pkg-get.
Or apt-get. Or rpm. Ok, wrong question. Not invented by SUN engineers ...
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> Nope .. no mention of the 1693 software packages over
> at Blastwave at all.
> Gee. I wonder why? That must be the "Not Invented
> Here" monster raising
> its ugly head again. Either that or the software at
> Blastwave is seen as
> beta and not really ready to be used for production
> or day t
> Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Joerg Schilling wrote:
>> > Jim Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I know that Debian GNU/Linux has Synaptic for package management. Is
>> there a similar package manager for Solaris?
>> >
>> > Try "man pkg_add"
>> that should be pkgadd one
Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Jim Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> I know that Debian GNU/Linux has Synaptic for package management. Is there
> >> a similar package manager for Solaris?
> >
> > Try "man pkg_add"
>
> that should be pkgadd one wo
Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Jim Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I know that Debian GNU/Linux has Synaptic for package management. Is there a
>> similar package manager for Solaris?
>
> Try "man pkg_add"
that should be pkgadd one word no underscore.
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Jim Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know that Debian GNU/Linux has Synaptic for package management. Is there a
> similar package manager for Solaris?
Try "man pkg_add"
The Sysv package handling software exists AFAIR since ~ 1984.
Jörg
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Hi Jim,
* Jim Adams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I know that Debian GNU/Linux has Synaptic for package management. Is
> there a similar package manager for Solaris?
There's nothing similar at the moment in the core of Solaris. It's
being worked on however as we investigate what the future of pac
I know that Debian GNU/Linux has Synaptic for package management. Is there a
similar package manager for Solaris?
Thanks in advance.
Jim Adams
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