If it is literaly hundreds of boxes, another way of doing it is with expect scripts. You can automate copying the SUNWexplo package to all boxes and installing it.
Good Afternoon,
I have 3 video driver packages in a directory that need to be installed. on a SunBlade 2500 running Solaris9. When I try running pkgadd -d /Recovery/CloneDrivers/SUNWpfbcf for example, I get pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in </var/spool/pkg>
Permissions are 755, owner... (3 Replies)
I am using Solaris 10, and trying to keep a number of old Sun
workstations running.
Since version 17 of firefox, I have had problems using pkgadd,
and had to use tar to un-archive the components of firefox.
Is this just a problem with firefox (and probably thunderbird),
or is pkgadd broken (1 Reply)
Hi,
when I install a package using pkgadd, it correctly installs the binary files with the user name that I want.
However it also changes the permissions of /etc/rc2.d. I don't want this to happen. I want to retain original owner of /etc/rc2.d as it is.
I could see that before installing,... (1 Reply)
Morning all,
I am attempting to load a package from a Solaris 8 CDROM.
This fails with the error :
"pkgadd: ERROR: unable to access pkgmap file </cdrom/ .........../SUNWlibC/pkgmap>
No changes were made to the system"
Any help would be appreciated
Andy (6 Replies)
Hi all.
Is there an option to #pkgadd to test if package bundle you want to install requires a reboot?
#pkgadd -d "package bundle" an option like test or a dry run?
Suggestions, anyone? :confused:
Reloader (2 Replies)
I'm trying to install a package and it worked on most of the sun boxes and one of the box is just freezing and not going further. Her is the output.
pkgadd -d packagename.dstream
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) :
Processing... (1 Reply)
is there an option in pkgadd to accept the default option?
I want to use pkgadd in a script and do not want to stop at intercative questions.
thx. (6 Replies)
Hello.. I'm making a pkg file that inserts a few files into an existing directory structure.
I'm having some trouble in that the package will insert the directories I need.. but will fail to put the files I want into those directories.
What I'm getting is this:
ERROR: attribute... (2 Replies)
I have sucessfully installed GNUtar using pkgadd but with some questions:
When I tried to install with pkgadd -d GNUtar (which is the directory of the package) - I received the error "pkgadd: command not found"
Then I tried the same but with pkgadd -d. GNUtar and it installed fine. (found... (4 Replies)