Monday, December 22, 2008

Installing pkg without pkg

Unfortunately I can't install some IPS packages without dependences. Christopher Bergström has written a small shell script for sunstudio installation. Some time I've tested it and have created the ruby version for installation of any package. This script does not process "driver" tag in manifest but in the rest is suitable for installation and a bit more exact than shell script. You can view the source code (getpkg.rb) here.
Sample usage (I want to install SUNWipkg to /opt/ipkg):
# getpkg inst_dir manifest_url 
getpkg.rb /opt/ipkg http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/manifest/0/SUNWipkg%400.5.11%2C5.11-0.101%3A20081104T032047Z 

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