Solaris

From Consultancy.EdVoncken.NET

Sun Solaris is an enterprise-grade Unix operating system, much like Linux.

In 2005, Sun made most of the source code of Solaris available on the OpenSolaris website. With the acquisition of Sun by Oracle, most of the Open Source projects are being shuttered.

Contents 1 Software repositories 1.1 Package management 1.1.1 Determining to which package a file belongs 2 Links

Software repositories

• OpenCSW, Community Software (CSW) for Solaris. Highly recommended.
  • pkg-get, an essential tool for managing software packages.
• SunFreeWare, a reputable site for (Open)Solaris software packages.

Package management

Determining to which package a file belongs

If you need to know the package name for a given file, try "pkgchk -l -p /absolute/path/to/file". For example:

 pkgchk -l -p /usr/lib/sendmail

Alternatively, you can grep for the file:

 grep /usr/lib/sendmail /var/sadm/install/contents

Links

• sysunconfig.net - Helpful Unix/Solaris tips
• CoolCommands - Unix commands and Unix scripts
• c0d0t0s0.org
  • Less known Solaris Features: iSCSI with COMSTAR