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Old 12-03-2008, 03:22 PM   #1
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installing packages/upgrades from command line

Hi all
I am moving from fedora to opensolaris, and would like to know if you can upgrade or install packages from the command line.

Thank you for your time kevin
 
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Hi all
I am moving from fedora to opensolaris, and would like to know if you can upgrade or install packages from the command line.

Thank you for your time kevin
Yes. Check out the pkgadd/pkgrm/pkginfo programs.
 
Old 12-03-2008, 05:13 PM   #3
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thank you
thank you for help

kevin
 
Old 12-06-2008, 01:43 PM   #4
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pkg-get will help a lot http://www.bolthole.com/solaris/pkg-get.html
 
  


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