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Here is an interesting i18n bug for Update Center on OpenSolaris: https://updatecenter2.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=511

The problem is that Update Center 2.2 does not follow OpenSolaris keyboard settings.

Therefore, you are stick with a English keyboard, and it is not possible to type i18n characters like é, á, ó, í, à, ô, â, etc...

One workaround is to use the Sun ¨Compose¨ key. Here is the list of combinations available to type some characters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key

For those who do not have compose key, you can always Copy-Paste the characters you want. If you find any other handy workaround, feel free to share !

Here we go,

% unzip repo-2.3-b38-sunos-sparc.zip -d /export/charles/repo/

% unzip pkg-toolkit-2.3-b38-sunos-sparc.zip  -d /export/charles/UpdateCenter

% cd /export/charles/UpdateCenter/pkg-toolkit-sunos-sparc

% pkg/bin/pkg.depotd -d /export/charles/repo -p 10022

%  vi .org.opensolaris,pkg/cfg_cache

change to

origin = http://localhost:10022/

% bin/pkg install updatetool
==> This will download updatetool from /export/charles/rep

% bin/updatetool

That's all, then you just need connect to it in Update Center. Thanks Charles for giving us those steps !!