* Erwin Panen <erwinpanen at fastmail.fm> [2009-10-29 11:45]: > Hi forum, > > Totally new to OSOL but have some Linux background. > I'm missing some commands such as locate. > Some searching learned locate is packed in findutils. (sunfreeware.com) > > What 's the appropriate way to get this installed and take into account > dependencies? > Is it possible to add 'repositories' and to install from them? > Does some apt-get equivalent exist? OpenSolaris uses image packaging, via either /usr/bin/pkg or the Package Manager GUI. You can search for commands and filenames using "pkg search [thing you're looking]" or via the search box in Package Manager.
Image packaging understands dependencies and will install required components based on your initial request. For locate, I believe we elected to offer "slocate", which I've been told is better. It's in the package SUNWslocate. > Thanks for your patience and helping out! Good luck! (File bugs at defect.opensolaris.org as you find them, please.) - Stephen -- sch at sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/sch/
