Add More Software from Blastwave
Blastwave provides very useful set of packages
for Solaris, so I quite often use this site. Setting up Blastwave is quite easy
and the HOWTO section
at Blastwave is definitely the
best source for information. Here are the simplified steps:
-
Go to Blastwave HOWTO. Download
and install the
pkg-getpackage. -
Edit the
/opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conffile -- add there the mirror closest to you and sethttp_proxyorftp_proxyif needed. Since I am based in Czech Republic I typically use mirror at Silicon Hill (http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/blastwave/stable/). -
Install
wgetfrom Blastwave:pkg-get -i wget -
It is not a bad idea to use "more automation", so
pkgaddwill not ask all the dependency questions, the trick is as the following:cp -p /var/pkg-get/admin-fullauto /var/pkg-get/admin -
And finally, I can install my favorite text editor :-) !
pkg-get -i gvim
