OpenSolaris: life without Gnome

I have console OpenSolaris installed (see my post of December 08). But I have forgotten to install the most valuable package:

pkg install SUNWzfs-auto-snapshot

Now I can install X:

pkg install SUNWxorg-server
pkg install SUNWxorg-xsvc
pkg install SUNWxorg-agp
pkg install SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx
pkg install SUNWxorg-client-programs
pkg install SUNWxwfsw
pkg install SUNWxwopt
pkg install FSWxorg-fonts

After installation I run "xinit" and get xterm. However it would be better to install some minimalistic window manager, for example, dwm.

pkg install SUNWwget
wget http://code.suckless.org/dl/dwm/dwm-5.3.1.tar.gz

Gcc,binutils,gmake and headers are required:

pkg install SUNWxorg-headers
pkg install SUNWgmake
pkg install SUNWbinutils
pkg install SUNWgcc

I love vim. Also I need gzip:

pkg install SUNWvim
pkg install SUNWgzip

If you plan to compile some other apps, I advice to install substudio:

pkg install sunstudioexpress

Next I unpack archive, correct config.h and compile dwm. It's possible to start dwm xsession from smf. You can look how it's made in BeleniX or MilaX.


As a result I got system with short boot time and an easy and fast window manager.
At the end I need usual user:

mkdir /home
useradd -d /home/me -m -s /bin/ksh -c "System Developer" me
passwd me