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installing packages
Name: vanessa stone Date: March 26, 2003 at 13:12:55 Pacific OS: Solaris 8 CPU/Ram: 170mhz 128
Comment:
Hey guys i did a minimul install of solaris 8 on one of my boxes.now i would like to add the tcsh shell.how would i install the package without having to totally reinstall solaris 8?
Name: David Perry Date: March 26, 2003 at 15:01:52 Pacific
Reply:
Download packages from www.sunfreeware.com
gunzip the package pkgadd -d packagename
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Response Number 2
Name: Ness Date: March 27, 2003 at 10:04:51 Pacific
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is there a way i can just install it from the cd? like put in the cd goto some directory where the packages are then run pkgadd or somthing of that nature?
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Response Number 3
Name: David Perry Date: March 28, 2003 at 02:46:35 Pacific
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I've never seen it but I think most of the packages at the sunfreeware.com site are included on a cd of additional software. If you have them on a cd, then yes
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