Solaris 11: pkg basics

• Find out if the pkg exist
• pkg info gcc or pkg list | head

• Find the pkg
• pkg search gcc

• List the publisher
• pkg publisher

• Set the publisher
• pkg set-publisher -g http://pkg.example.com/release example.com
• For publisher name and origin refer to  : http://ipkg.us.oracle.com/repos.html

• Install the pkg
• pkg search gcc
• pkg install gcc-45

• Uninstall the pkg
• pkg uninstallgcc

• Additional info:
• http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19963-01/html/820-6572/cmd_line.html
• Reset the publisher
• Say the publisher is set to  http://ivy2.us.oracle.com and you need to set it to newURL.Remove the old URL with -G and add new one with -g option 
• • root@dat03:~# pkg publisher
  • PUBLISHER                   TYPE     STATUS P LOCATION
  • solaris                     origin   online F http://ivy2.us.oracle.com/support/sru/
• pkg set-publisher -G "*" -g  http://ipkg.us.oracle.com/solaris12/dev/ solaris
• root@dat03:~# pkg publisher
• PUBLISHER                   TYPE     STATUS P LOCATION
• solaris                     origin   online F http://ipkg.us.oracle.com/solaris12/dev/