Frequently Used Applications

The following applications are available as packages in the Oracle release repository. Use the Package Manager or the pkg install command at the command–line to download and install the packages. The following table lists name of the applications and the corresponding package name as found in the repository.

Table 1-1 Package Names for Commonly Used Applications

Software	Package Name
Apache Web Server V 2.2	`web/server/apache22`
GNOME text editor	`editor/gedit`
Java	`developer/java/jdk`. See Installing Java in This Release.
JRuby	`runtime/java/jruby`
Python 2.6 – Enhanced Interactive Python Shell Note - Multiple versions of Python can be installed on the system. Check the repository for the available versions.	`library/python-2/python-26`
Modular Debugger	`developer/debug/mdb`
Perl – Perl 5.12	`runtime/perl–512`
Ruby	`runtime/ruby-18`
Vim editor	`/editor/vim`
BlueFish – A powerful editor for experienced web designers	`web/editor/bluefish`
GNU C Compiler Version 3	`developer/gcc-3`
GNU C Compiler Version 4.5	`developer/gcc-45` Note - C, C++, Fortran, GNU, and Objective C compilers are included in this package.
GNU Automake 1.10 Note - Multiple versions are available in the repository. For the Oracle Solaris 11.1 release, Automake 1.11 is available in the repository.	`developer/build/automake110` For the Oracle Solaris 11.1 release: `developer/build/automake111`
PHP – PHP Web Server 5.2 Extension module packages such as the PHP server module for Apache and memcached are available in the repository	`web/php-52`
System Header Files Note - The system header files have traditionally been bundled with the Oracle Solaris OS. However , you will need to download the files from the repository when using the Oracle Solaris 11 OS.	`system/header`

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