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From: koberoi on 20 Apr 2010 23:46
On Apr 18, 9:59 am, groen...(a)cse.psu.edu (John D Groenveld) wrote:
> In article <1e9d1c77-2172-4fb5-8e54-615d91b15...(a)r1g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
>
> koberoi  <kobe...(a)mac.com> wrote:
> >Since OpenSolaris is using a new packaging system, IPS, vs. Solaris's
> >SVR4, one cannot use the Solaris SVR4 package installers on
> >OpenSolaris. To acquire and install Sun Studio 12 Update 1 on
>
> Untrue.
>
> I install the legacy SVR4 packages of OpenOffice, Opera
> and SFWfirefox on my mobile and stationary Indiana workstations.
>
> <URL:http://download.openoffice.org/other.html>
> <URL:http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?os=solaris-intel&list=all>
> <URL:http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6.3/co...>

Yes, OpenSolaris has pkgadd, but there are at least 2 advantages to
using IPS packaged software on OpenSolaris:

1. There is no patchadd, so you won't be able to install SVR4 patches.
(the SS12u1 in the IPS repo has been updated)
2. Installing SS12u1 from the repo will resolve necessary library,
header, and Java dependencies

If there is no IPS packaged software available, then installing the
SVR4 version is the next best thing. However, there is a SS12u1
version available, so that should be plan A.

/kso


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