Git or PKGutil

UNIX for Beginners Q & A
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i am running solaris 10 and they want GIt on there.

The instructions that I found on line want me to use pkgutil which i don't have either.

Most packages that i have installed come from the cd and are labeled SUNW...

I see one instruction to add

pkgadd -d http://get.opencsw.org/now

then

/opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -U

however i get an error on the first command, I am sure that I am blocked from reaching that site.

Can anyone explain how I can get this package into /var/spool/pkg so the I can add it to my system?

thanks

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I doubt anyone letting open access like that to outer space from a indoor lan... sure you must have firewalls etc...

Well most of us download stuff on their PC first then from there copy to the servers...

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yes i did that before you replied, I was able to get
git.2.5.35.SPARC.64bit.Solaris.10.pkg

into /var/spool/pkg
but it failed with pkgadd?

4

You never really mentioned what error you get when you try to install the package...

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pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed

am playing with perms now to see if that may be the issue.

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.root > cd /var/spool/pkg

p2.root > pkgadd -d .git.2.5.35.SPARC.64bit.Solaris.10.pkg

pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed

    - open of <.git.2.5.35.SPARC.64bit.Solaris.10.pkg> failed, errno=2

pkgadd: ERROR: could not process datastream from <.git.2.5.35.SPARC.64bit.Solaris.10.pkg>

p2.root > pwd

/var/spool/pkg

p2.root >