To clarify, there are currently 2 distros of the OPENSOLARIS CODEBASE that Sun contributes directly to:
1. Solaris Express (also known as Solaris Express Community Edition or SXCE). 2. OpenSolaris (THE DISTRO). Current version: 2008.05 (May 2008 release). TEST builds of 2008.11 are also available - see www.genunix.org . SOLARIS EXPRESS uses the same packaging system as previous versions of Solaris. This system is known as the SVR4 packaging system, and there is not currently a GUI-based tool for managing these (except for the Solaris Management Console, which was broken on Solaris Express the last time I looked). For information about SVR4 packaging, see the pkgadd manual page (man pkgadd). OPENSOLARIS (the distro) uses the new IPS - Image Packaging System - which *does* have a GUI-based tool. There is also a command-line interface via the pkg command. (To preserve backwards compatibility, OpenSolaris (the distro) is also capable of accepting SVR4 packages). Cheers Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
