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Old 05-09-2010
Data Help installing WINE and other software
ive installed the open solaris 9 and i have downloaded wine but i dont have a clue how to install it ive unzipd the file but when i click it it just does nothing it opens but its just files im new to solaris i would realy like to know how to install and run programs like vlc player and things any help would be great thanks agin dex
# 2  
Old 05-10-2010
Assuming your are actually running OpenSolaris and not Solaris 9, that would be:
Code:
pkg set-authority -P -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/contrib/ contrib.opensolaris.org
pkg install wine

otherwise, please tell more about what you downloaded.
# 3  
Old 05-11-2010
solaris operation plz help
ive tryd that comand in the terminal but seems not finding the wine program i downloaded it from winehq.com and it downloaded to the downloads folder as a TAR.BZ2 file so i extracted that in the downloads file but thats as far as ive got any help would be great finding this process hard to understand!Smilie
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Old 05-11-2010
Let's start from the beginning. What OS are you running ?
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Old 05-11-2010
running
open solaris 2009.06 edition is the op im using.

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Old 05-11-2010
Okay, so please post the output of both of the commands I suggested.

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Old 05-11-2010
Creating Plan -
pkg: The following pattern(s) did not match any packages in the current catalog.
Try relaxing the pattern, refreshing and/or examining the catalogs:

thats all it says?
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