Oracle^® Solaris 11.3 Package Group Lists

Installation Group Package Types and Usage

The following four group packages are used by the Oracle Solaris 11.3 installers:

• group/system/solaris-large-server

  Both the text installer and the default Automated Installer (AI) manifest in an automated client installation install the group/system/solaris-large-server (or solaris-large-server) group package. The solaris-large-server group package contains all of the common network services that an enterprise server must provide. This group package also contains hardware drivers that are required for servers, such as InfiniBand drivers.

• group/system/solaris-small-server

  The default installation manifest for non-global zones installs the group/system/solaris-small-server (or solaris-small-server) group package. The solaris-small-server group package is also an alternative you can use to install a smaller set of packages on a server. Some of the tools installed by solaris-large-server that are not installed by solaris-small-server include the following:

  • make command

  • top command

  • Some GNU utilities, including the GNU version of the tar command

  • CD and DVD writing tools

  • Dynamic reconfiguration

  For a complete list, consult the solaris-small-server entries in Packages Installed by Group Packages for SPARC Based Systems or Packages Installed by Group Packages for x86 Based Systems.

• group/system/solaris-minimal-server

  The solaris-minimal-server group package delivers the minimal set of packages required to boot an Oracle Solaris system, log in, and add further packages as required. This package allows you to build your system by adding extra packages, thereby eliminating the need to install a group package and remove packages that are not required.

  The packages included in the solaris-minimal-server group package have two types of dependencies:

  • require - Indicates that the package is required and cannot be removed from the system.

  • group - Indicates that the package can be removed and replaced by other packages delivering the same functionality.

  The following table lists the dependency for packages in the solaris-minimal-server group package.

  Package Name Dependency developer/debug/mdb require editor/vim/vim-core require group/system/solaris-core-platform require package/pkg require release/name require release/notices require shell/bash require shell/ksh93 require system/core-os require system/library/platform require network/ping group service/network/ssh-common group shell/tcsh group shell/zsh group system/network group

  For a complete list, see the solaris-minimal-server entries in Packages Installed by Group Packages for SPARC Based Systems or Packages Installed by Group Packages for x86 Based Systems.

• group/system/solaris-desktop

  The Oracle Solaris 11 GUI installer installs the group/system/solaris-desktop (or solaris-desktop) group package. This group package contains the GNOME desktop environment and other GUI applications such as web browsers and mail clients. Drivers for graphics and audio devices are also included.

See Adding and Updating Software in Oracle Solaris 11.3 for information about how to find and install packages that are not in these group packages, and how to avoid installing some of the packages that are in these group packages. The pkg(5) man page describes the Image Packaging System in more detail. The pkg(1) man page provides more detail about how to find, install, update, and verify IPS packages.

For information on how to use installers and perform various type operating system (OS) installations, see Installing Oracle Solaris 11.3 Systems.