For users of earlier systems, please follow the instructions below
First, download the pkg-get package file.
md5sum is 0e86304716691a6f6aa8b866d226c52c for file pkg_get-4.0.1,REV=2008.12.15-SunOS5.8-all-CSW.pkg
Don't forget to use "save as..." or shift-click, if you need to.
Install it with
pkgadd -d pkg_get-4.0.1,REV=2008.12.15-SunOS5.8-all-CSW.pkg
(older version 3.8.4 is still available: pkg_get-3.8.4-SunOS5.8-all-CSW.pkg: md5sum 4121665c56b38967124d618a379c45a2)
Next, if you dont have wget installed, grab either
wget-i386.bin or
wget-sparc.bin,
save as "wget" somewhere in your $PATH, and dont forget to "chmod 0755 wget".
(If you have Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 then you probably already have it in /usr/sfw/bin)
You also need gzip "somewhere" in your PATH. Most people do these days, unless you did a minimalist "Core install" of Solaris.
Add /opt/csw/bin to root's PATH
You should now be able to run pkg-get as root, and install packages. But you might want to compare the configured url in /opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conf, with what your nearest mirror site would be.
See the official package mirrors page for the list of mirrors, and instructions on how to use different mirror sites.
Sparc: 110934
X86 : 110935
pkg-get -a (shows "available" packages) pkg-get -i openldap (installs openldap, and all libraries it depends on) pkg-get -D open (searches for software with 'open' in the description) pkg-get -U -u (upgrades all installed CSW packages to the latest)
If/when you get messages about packages not found, or unavailable, you probably want to just update your local copy of the catalog, with
pkg-get -U
For best download speed, see our mirrors page to try a site other than the default one.
For more details details on what pkg-get can do, see the original pkg-get home page, at www.bolthole.com, and/or, "man pkg-get"
Here is the current GPG public key, which is used to sign the catalog files. To use it, save this page, then use
gpg --import [filename]
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