Louis wrote: > Thanks very much Alok. > > I couldn't actually determine any difference from the package manager > descriptions (seemed to be the same versions etc) which I think was part of > the problem, they appeared to be identical. What's the recommended way to > read up on packages before installing - can I get a description from the pkg > -r command? (sorry, still a little new to OpenSolaris and the package > manager).
pkg info -r or the package manager gui will provide what information there is in the repository. This will usually be fairly brief, though. Dave
