[csw-users] Initial Solaris Installation and Blastwave PackageInstallation

[Dennis Clarke]

> On 9/11/07, George Wyche <gwyche at io.com> wrote:
>>
>> @Tracey
>> > That was my other question. Does it make sense to have 2 copies of
>> gnome.
>> > I'm just trying to understand if it's needed. I come from linux
>> background
>> > and understand the dependencies situation. I'm pretty new to solaris and
>> > would like to know what the proper build procedure for solaris 10 while
>> > getting the nice packages from blastwave. Blastwave seems like the only
>> > decent place that has the best packages available for Solaris that I am
>> > use
>> > to using. Thanks.
>> >
>> > Tracey Flanders
>>
>> Well. I have now installed Solaris10 8/07 4 times and I have some advice.
>> Get rid of the Solaris packages AFTER you install. Figure out, which I
>> haven't done, how to get Solaris OS to embrace the /opt/csw tree.
>>
>> #1 build: I did custom and left out Gnome, thinking to use Blastwave. Doh!
>> The first time I tried to log in the login screens would not complete...
>> Needed Gnome. Don't have it yet. I continued as console root and installed
>> my blastwave packages and *tried* to get the PATH to include /opt/csw, et
>> cetera, but obviously failed. Login screens acted just the same.
>>
>> #2 build: Did upgrade, thinking to pick up Gnome from Sun. Failed. No
>> change.
>>
>> #3 build: Let Sun have their way... Bog standard install. (Just love the
>> UK-ism.) Login worked! Did blastwave packages. FAILED! Out of space! Doh!
>> The partitioning was, let us say, inconvenient.
>>
>> #4 build: Custom install. Followed Dennis' Solaris10 11/06 install (even
>> though I use Sparc). Then (after some internet connectivity issues) loaded
>> on blastwave packages. SUCCESS.
>>
>> George Wyche
>
>
> I never read that before, thanks! I just assumed he did a standard install.
> That's what I get to assuming.

Just want to let you all know that I *know* that I need to updtae my docs on
Blastwave and ensure that people can go ahead with either x86 or Sparc with
Solaris 10 Update 4 or snv_70b ( SXDE ) and also get GNOME or XFCE or KDE
from Blastwave running neatly.

It is not obvious that you need to look at the PATH in /etc/default/login or
a few other little things.

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Dennis Clarke