Tips/Building Solaris Packages

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0 install application in ${HOME}/MYapp
0 create pkg files in ${HOME}/build
0 cd ${HOME} && pkgproto ./MYapp > build/MYapp.proto
0 clean up & edit prototype file
0 cd ${HOME}/build && pkgmk -b ${HOME} -f MYapp.proto -d ../built
0 cd ${HOME}/built && pkgtrans -s . MYapp-version MYapp

# install application in ${HOME}/MYapp
# create pkg files in ${HOME}/build
# cd ${HOME} && pkgproto ./MYapp > build/MYapp.proto
# clean up & edit prototype file
# cd ${HOME}/build && pkgmk -b ${HOME} -f MYapp.proto -d ../built
# cd ${HOME}/built && pkgtrans -s . MYapp-version MYapp

Building Solaris Packages

This page has notes related to creating Solaris packages.

Sun has an excellent document - The Application Packaging Developer's Guide : [SunDoc:805-6338]

General example

install application in ${HOME}/MYapp
create pkg files in ${HOME}/build
cd ${HOME} && pkgproto ./MYapp > build/MYapp.proto
clean up & edit prototype file
cd ${HOME}/build && pkgmk -b ${HOME} -f MYapp.proto -d ../built
cd ${HOME}/built && pkgtrans -s . MYapp-version MYapp