Package Manager On Solaris

Hello I'm new to Solaris and I would like to know if there is any package manager like debian's apt-get. and if any could you propose to me some good repositories?
I think that something I had found for opensolaris but not for solaris 10, but I can't rememeber right now.
Thank you very much.

check out blastwave.org and pkg-get

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We have approx. 400 Solaris servers, about half are 2.6, the rest a mixture of 8 and 9. We have a number of packages we want to manage automatically, i.e. remove redundant packages, install new packages and upgrade packages.
Are there any tools that help with package management over a "large" number of servers? I know we do not have a particularly big server base, so what do those places the do have to manage packages?

Sorry, hit the entery key too soon.
Dtrace,zone etc are all cool stuff. but I like to see the PMS got imporved.
Sun's pkgadd is an ok PMS but it can be better. The biggest problem I see is the lack of package dependency install/remove and package depot support.
HPUX's SD-UX allow us to install apache package and its depended packages like openldap,berkely db etc automatically. all happend with just one command.
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Hello All and welcome to my Hello All:
Welcome to my inaugural post. I am a complete noob to Solaris (although I have been using Linux for 5+ years) and am in the process of trying to get a handle on what local C/C++ APIs (if any) are available for management. Specifically, I am looking to find out about process and package management.
For process management, basically I would like to know is there some kind of interface to the the prstat application (ie. Memory and CPU utilization). Does something like this exist?
For package management, I am looking for the ability to add, remove, and query the package �database�. Correct me if I am wrong, but the Solaris package �database� seems similar to that of a Debian system (at least from the perspective that the informational files are stored as plain text in a well-defined directory [ie /var/sadm/pkg/]).
I have installed Solaris 10 on an x86 machine with a full installation; however, of the installed development kits (listed below) nothing jumped out at me.
-bash-3.00# ls -1d /var/sadm/pkg/*devel
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/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-a11y-speech-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-audio-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-base-libs-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-camera-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-common-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-component-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-config-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-file-mgr-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-hex-editor-devel
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWgnome-img-editor-devel
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I've placed orders for Solaris Internals and Solaris Performance & Tuning (that should arrive tomorrow), but I was hoping that someone could give me a gentle push (or perhaps a swift kick) in a general direction. :)
Thanks.

For process management, basically I would like to
know is there some kind of interface to the the
prstat application (ie. Memory and CPU utilization).
Does something like this exist?Not prstat (although you could 'truss' it and see some of what it's doing to collect the information). kstat is available with a C interface and through perl/shell. It has several CPU fields. It's certainly useful for monitoring, but read-only. I'm not sure what you're looking for in terms of "management".
Also 'dtrace' can provide tons of dynamic information, but that's not necessarily what you're looking for.
For package management, I am looking for the ability
to add, remove, and query the package �database�.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the Solaris package
�database� seems similar to that of a Debian system
(at least from the perspective that the
informational files are stored as plain text in a
well-defined directory [ie /var/sadm/pkg/]).Yes, although it's based on the SysV packaging system. I don't believe there's any API for it outside of the 'pkg*' utilities.
Darren

Package manager - question?

Hello folks,
I wish to know why Package manager in openSolaris is so
slow application. I know that it is written in Python, but
I still do not understand why somebody did not offer some
patch for that application. I will help honestly in programming
if you need coders.
Uros

Please send your question to [email protected] That is the best place for discussion OpenSolaris packaging tools such as packagemanager. This forum is better for Solaris installation issues (from Solaris 10 and SXCE, for example).
-- Alan

Package management

As far as I can see, 5.10 does not provide any new package management tools besides pkgadd/pkgrm.
This is an area where Solaris could really be improved.
blastwave.org/pkg-get is ok, but I what if I want to update bundled packages like SUNWapch*?
I may, for example, want to use the bundled packages for apache instead of csw, which installs everything under /opt, and is not compatible with the zones model which needs configuration state in /etc and data in /var
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How about something similar to apt-get for native SUNW packages? Or at least the ability to wget the latest packages.
Please tell me I am an ignorant ape and there exists just such a solution.... ;-)

True ... the package management system "amazes" me.
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hi i also at the first found this problem and tried the following it worked
1- i pressed the install/update command from Packages menu -- gives me your system is up to date..
2- i chosed the packages i want to install it worked fine..
but be patient because the Packages Manager does not show any progress till the package completely downloaded..
hope it will work with you.

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I have Solaris 11 running under Virtual Box on OS X. When I try to use the Package Manager, I enter my administrator password...and absolutely nothing happens. Same thing with the Update Manager.
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but after installing one wire from the VI Package Manager I found nothing new thing in arduino (figure below) I checked : low level, sensors, utility, examples. and I searched on the internet the driver of one wire (DS18B20) to Arduino and i found nothing.
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Package Manager

I can't use the Package Manager, because I always have this error :
Preparing...
Gathering package information
Error:
Please check the network connection.
Is the repository accessible?
http protocol error: code: 407 reason: Proxy Authentication Required
URL: 'http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/manifest/0/developer%[email protected]%2C5.11-0.151.0.1%3A20101105T053803Z'.
I configure the Network proxy, and tryed to setup http_proxy variable, but it does not work.
any idea ?

Hi,
Looks like your proxy requires authentication. You can set up that by clicking on the "Details" button on the "HTTP proxy" row. That should set the http_proxy variable for you.
Cheers,
Peter
Edited by: user12869136 on Mar 23, 2011 9:14 PM

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wroseland wrote:
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alan

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Successfully installed 'OpenCV 2.4.8'.
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