How to create the IPS Respository
The Image Packaging System software is a network-centric packaging system written in Python.
On a x86 system with install OS as snv_95 ,I built the IPS respository using the below steps .
# hd clone ssh://anon@hg.opensolaris.org/hg/pkg/gate pkg-gate # cd pkg-gate # make install Install the packages mainly SUNWipkg & SUNWchirpy-python from the packages directory created one level up. You could leave the GUI packages if you choose not to install the GUI . # /usr/lib/pkg.depotd -d repository_directory -p port_value EXAMPLE: /usr/lib/pkg.depotd -d /export/home/user1/repository1 -p 9000
This starts the pkg.depotd server at port 9000 .Default port number 80. To confirm that the repository has been created, open your browser and type the following command http://localhost:port_value
If repository directory is not specified ,by default repository is built in /var/pkg/repo
Check to see how the repository looks like
[root@sa64-v20zc-blr03]/var/pkg/repo: ls catalog cfg_cache file index pkg trans updatelog
