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Solaris Software Packages for Intel/x86 and SPARC
Solaris Software Packages for Intel/x86 and SPARC
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Solaris PackagesThe best sites for "free" Solaris Software are:
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SunFreeware.COM http://sunfreeware.com/ Steven Christensen's Solaris Freeware Page. Pointers to LOTS of Intel/x86 and SPARC pre-packaged GNU and other open-source software. To use, download from the web or use apt-get. |
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BlastWave.ORG http://www.blastwave.org/ Community-built packages for Solaris x86 using Debian apt-get To use, install apt-get and add a blastwave mirror to /etc/pkg-get.conf |
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iBiblio.ORG
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/solaris/i86pc/
(Intel/x86)
Selected Solaris binaries conveniently packaged in pkgadd format at the University of North Carolina (formerly Sunsite). |
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Bolthole.com http://www.bolthole.com/solaris/drivers/ Phil Brown's Sound, USB, and other useful Solaris drivers. |
For more sites with free Solaris Software, see question 3.1 in my Solaris on Intel - x86 FAQ
Many of these packages are also available as RedHat Linux RPMs.
Dan's Solaris Packages
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ext2fs driver Filesystem driver to support Linux ext2fs filesystem mounts on Solaris (Intel/x86 and SPARC). Read-only support (no writes). Not a package. Does not support 64-bit x86. For installation and other information, see "ext2fs" in section 9 of my Solaris on Intel - x86 FAQ
ext2fs.solaris10.tar.gz:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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alpine package Alpine, a screen-oriented IMAP E-mail client (uses text-based curses instead of a graphical GUI). Compiled with SSL and LDAP support. See also Pine, below, which is the predecessor to Alpine. See http://www.washington.edu/alpine/
DRYDOGalpine-1.00-i86pc-solaris5.11.pkg.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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bvi package Binary file editor, using vi commands. Converts GIF format graphic files to PNG format. By Gerhard Bürgmann. See http://bvi.sourceforge.net/
DRYDOGbvi-1.3.2-i86pc-solaris5.10.pkg.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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fortune-off package
Print a random, hopefully interesting, adage.
fortune-off-5.2-i86pc-solaris5.7.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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gif2png package Converts GIF format graphic files to PNG format. By Eric S. Raymond. See http://www.catb.org/~esr/gif2png/
DRYDOGgif2png-2.5.1-i86pc-solaris5.10.pkg.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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gzip package GNU zip and unzip file compression (binary executible only). See sites listed above for the full package or source. Note: Only needed for Solaris 7 and earlier. Solaris 8 and later comes with gzip already installed.
gzip-1.2.4-i86pc-solaris5.4:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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knews package X-Windows Threaded USENET newsreader (it's not kde--their newsreader is knode) Supports URLs, inline images, MIME types, multipart articles, mailcap viewers, attachments, background threading, kill file, regular expression search, fonts/coloring, tagging, and uudecode. By Karl-Johan Johnsson. See http://www.matematik.su.se/~kjj/ knews was written by Karl-Johan Johnsson. Update 8/2002: D. J. Hawkey has some patches for knews, not incorporated here yet, at ftp.visi.com/users/hawkeyd/fbsd/knews-1.0b.1-to-1.0c.0.tar.gz For details, see http://freshmeat.net/projects/knews/?topic_id=39
knews-1.0b.1-i86pc-solaris5.8.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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ncftp package Mike Gleason's ncftp, a screen-oriented FTP (file transfer) client (uses text-based curses instead of a graphical GUI). See http://www.ncftp.com/
ncftp-3.0.2-i86pc-solaris5.8.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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nei driver nei driver for NE2000-compatible NICs. Solaris 8 doesn't ship with the nei driver, but you can use this one from Solaris 7. Not a package. For installation and other information, see "nei" in section 6 of my Solaris on Intel - x86 FAQ
NEI Driver: nei-i86pc-solaris5.7.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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nslint package nslint is a lint-like program that checks DNS files for errors. DNS or Domain Name System generally maps names to IP addresses and e-mail addresses in a hierarchical fashion. BIND comes with a simpler script, named-checkzone, that does a subset of the checks done by nslint. Errors detected include missing trailing dots, illegal characters (RFC 1034), A records without matching PTR records and vice-versa, duplicat names in a subnet, duplicate names for an address, names with cname records (RFC 1033) missing quotes, and unknown keywords. From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Network Research Group, Berkeley, California, USA. See http://freshmeat.net/projects/nslint/ and ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/
nslint-2.0.2-i86pc-solaris5.8.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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pine package Pine, a screen-oriented IMAP E-mail client (uses text-based curses instead of a graphical GUI). Compiled with SSL and LDAP support. See also Alpine, above, which is the successor to Pine. See http://www.washington.edu/pine/
DRYDOGpine-4.64-i86pc-solaris5.10.pkg.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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swhoisd package Swhoisd, Simple WHOIS Daemon, provides the standard Internet whois directory service It is much simpler to setup and administrator than the other whois daemons available, such as RIPE whois or the original SRC whois. This is because it uses a flat-text file over a complex database. This whois server is recommended only for small databases (preferably under 100 records and no more than 1000). This daemon conforms to RFC 834 and uses TCP port 43 (service "whois"). Install this if you know what a whois daemon is and want to set one up. See http://dan.drydog.com/swhoisd/
../swhoisd/swhoisd-3.0-i86pc-solaris5.8.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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tin package tin, a screen-oriented USENET NNTP newsreader client (uses text-based curses instead of a graphical GUI). See http://www.tin.org/
DRYDOGtin-1.6.2-i86pc-solaris5.10.pkg.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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xearth package Display a shaded image of the Earth in the root X window. By Kirk Lauritz Johnson. See also xplanet (below). See http://hewgill.com/xearth/
xearth-1.1-i86pc-solaris5.8.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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xfishtank package Display interesting fish swimming in the background in X windows. Works only in 8-bit (256 color) graphic mode. Doesn't work with GNOME or KDE.
xfishtank-2.2.1-i86pc-solaris5.7.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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xplanet package Display a shaded image of the Earth in the root X window. By Hari Nair. Better than xearth (above). See http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/ (the FAQ has KDE and GNOME 2 configuration information; in the examples change gconftool to gconftool-2) ).
DRYDOGxplanet-1.2.0-i86pc-solaris5.10.pkg.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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xroach package Display disgusting cockroaches under your X windows. Y2K compliant (yes, I actually got an email asking me to certify that :-). Doesn't work with GNOME or KDE.
xroach-4-i86pc-solaris5.7.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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xsnow package The Xsnow toy provides a continual gentle snowfall, trees, and Santa Claus flying his sleigh around the screen on the root X window. By Rick Jansen. Doesn't work with GNOME or KDE. See http://www.euronet.nl/~rja/Xsnow/
xsnow-1.40-i86pc-solaris5.8.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
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xv with png support package XV image viewer, converter, & simple editor, with PNG support. By John Bradley. Unlike other packages here, xv 3.0 or greater, requires a license for commercial use. See http://www.trilon.com/xv/
xv-3.10a-png-i86pc-solaris5.8.zip:
31 Dec 1969 ( bytes) |
For a FTP directory listing of all packages and files described here, see ftp://ftp.sun.drydog.com/pub/solaris/
Downloading and Installing PackagesCarefully follow the download - uncompress - install steps below:
Download When downloading a file, make sure you are saving in binary (not text) mode. Check that the filesize matches the size listed above after downloading.
Uncompress
First unzip the package file.
This creates a file without the .zip extension.
This is a package "datastream" file, which
is suitable for installation by pkgadd.
For example,
unzip fortune-off-5.2-i86pc-solaris5.7.zip;
Note: If you are running an old version of Solaris (2.5.1 or earlier),
you may not have unzip, download unzip for Solaris from
here for SPARC or
here for Intel/x86.
Rename the unzip program as "unzip" and make it executable:
chmod +x unzip
Install
Become root (login or su -).
Change to the directory containing the package.
Use /usr/sbin/pkgadd to install packages after they are uncompressed.
For example,
pkgadd -d fortune-off-5.2-i86pc-solaris5.7
Use "pkginfo -l to verify the package is isntalled. For example, pkginfo -l fortune The files you installed from the package are listed at the end of file /var/sadm/install/contents to list information about the pac
Problems? If you have problems, see Steven Christensen's excellent Download and Installation Instructions and Package FAQ.
If you want to ask a question go to the Solaris On Intel mailing list or alt.solaris.x86 USENET newsgroup for Intel/x86 problems or comp.unix.solaris USENET newsgroup for Solaris (Sparc or Intel) problems.
DisclaimerAccess to and use of this software is subject to the following terms and conditions:
This software is provided "as is" without any express or implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The software comes from many varied sources, and, has not been tested or examined. Therefore, THE PACKAGER ASSUMES *NO* RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, OR FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, even if they result from negligence or errors on the part of the author.
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