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Old 10-14-2008
How to install gnome in solaris

How to install gnome in solaris 9 and 10, how to enable java environment in solaris 9 and 10.

Thanks in Advance
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Old 10-14-2008
Gnome is already there in Solaris 10, customized as JDS.
The JDK is bundled with both Solaris 9 and 10.

You can install gnome on Solaris 9 from Sun or various freeware sources:
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