09-24-2006
pkgadd fails when installing Solaris 8 patches
Hi, guys !
I usually run this task without even thinking on outcome, because it never failed. But this time when I tried installation of patches for Solaris 8 OS on my old machine, I received this message:
"pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in </var/spool/pkg>"
I compared the contents of /var/spool/pkg with machines I worked on previosly, and the folder is also empty on them, but patches are installed ok.
Any good ideas what I need to check?
Another thing: I faced strange problems with packages when I failed to install the Sun Studio 8 software on this machine. For some reason the installation fails, and I wonder if any of you have had this problem, or might have some ideas what I could do to install the sw ?
Here is the error message I receive:
Extracting the tar files...
Do you want to remove the download tar files? [y/n]: n
Move download tar files to ./save_tarfiles directory.
./installer[517]: cd: bad argument count
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: install_j2se
Thanks !
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install-solaris
install-solaris(1M) install-solaris(1M)
NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system
SYNOPSIS
install-solaris
install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.
The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:
For SPARC machines:
128 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
128 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
384 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
For x86 machines:
256 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
256 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
512 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea-
tures available.
install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more
details.
install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements.
Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- |
| |lation media) |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)
It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.
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