kunal ghosh wrote: > Karen Tung wrote: >> The Distro Constructor package (SUNWdistro-const) >> depends on the SUNWgui-install package. >> All the problems you reported are files that are supposed to >> be installed by the SUNWgui-install package. The SUNWgui-install >> package should be installed by default when you install 2008.11. >> >> Are you running 2008.11 or an older version of Open Solaris? > No karen i am using 2008.05 The current distro constructor only works in 2008.11. I suggest that you image-update to 2008.11. It's very easy, and you will be running the latest Open Solaris. >> >> You shouldn't have to download any source code. Everything are >> delivered by packages now. > i didnot know about the SUNWgui-install package as a dependency for > distro-constructor > as it was not mentioned in the project website.That's the reason why i > was dowloading it package by package. The documentation for Distro Constructor says that it requires 2008.11.
> Also can you point me to the packages that are installed by default in > 2008.11 , so that i can add other packages for the project You shouldn't have to install package by package. You really should just upgrade to 2008.11. Then, all you have to do is to just install SUNWdistro-const from the repo, and you are all set. --Karen > > prototype for my entry for CODE FOR FREEDOM competetion organised by > sun india. > I have taken up the project of designing a GUI for getting data from > the user to make the config file for the distro_const , thus avoiding > having to do the > editing of the XML by hand and eliminating typing errors :-) > > any suggestions are always welcome. > > And Thanks again!! > > regards, > kunal ghosh >
