Missing pkgadd on Solaris 8

Hi, I have a machine running Solaris 8 but I can't find pkgadd on it.
Is there a way for me to install pkgadd on it?
I am not very familiar unix/solaris.
thanks!

Hi, I have a machine running Solaris 8 but I can't
find pkgadd on it.
Is there a way for me to install pkgadd on it?
I am not very familiar unix/solaris.
thanks!Are you sure it is missing? have you checked in /usr/sbin?
If it is indeed missing, you may have many other things missing. My suggestion is to re-install solaris.
You can also copy it from another solaris 8 machine.

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