[csw-users] pkgutil switches so as to show what WOULD happen.

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi George,

Am 12.03.2010 um 22:17 schrieb Peter Bonivart:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Wyche, George             PW
> <George.Wyche at pw.utc.com> wrote:
>> I am expecting to give pkgutil a try.
>>
>> Since my Solaris8 box here at work has no internet connection, when I
>> want to add an openCSW package, I want to know all the openCSW  
>> packages
>> I need to get by hand and bring along. I think pkgutil can do that  
>> for
>> me.
>>
>> I did get the very latest catalog and descriptions and I have those  
>> in
>> [name]/sparc/5.8/
>> And I have the "mirror" set to file://[name] in /opt/csw/pkgutil.conf
>>
>> If I want to get tetex, what would the pkgutil command be (without it
>> doing any pkgadd)?
>
> Update pkgutil with your catalog:
>
> # pkgutil -U
>
> Then do a "no action" install:
>
> # pkgutil -in tetex
>
> It will look into the catalog and tell you what packages you need.

You may want to look at package streams for this. It allows downloading
all needed packages, bundle them up in a compressed file suitable for
easy transfer to a remote system and a commandline to install everyting
in one go:
   <http://pkgutil.wikidot.com/use-with-examples#toc7>


Best regards

   -- Dago