Hello,
I'm trying to jumpstart a machine with Solaris 10, however the disks in my machine are only 18GB, but I want to have all the developer packages but none of the X windows stuff that can be quite large.
Wondered if it was possible to somehow get a list of all packages and remove the ones I dont need?
Thanks.
If you mean to list all packages installed on a Solaris system locally use
pkginfo
also you can list with following
pkginfo -c
where
-c
means categories
categories includes the following
system - application
then you can
pkgrm
unneeded packages
beware of of dependencies
Your jumpstart server should have the minimal installation type, by doing that its the easiest method to accomplish your minimal installation for your new setup
Yeah, I could just do the core install then add any extra packages as and when I need them manually. Their are things i want like SAR, all the c++ header files etc. Found a list on docs.sun.com as to what packages are installed in each cluster, JET also has the option to remove packages so I could try that route maybe. I did buy some larger disks, but 1 was DOA!
Thanks,
use "jet" from sun and configure jumpstart with the provided templates. you can easily install a full cluster and uninstall unneeded metapackes or packages.