System Administration Guide, Volume 2

General Software Administration Problems

Reason Error Occurred 

How to Fix the Problem 

There is a known problem with adding or removing some packages developed prior to the Solaris 2.5 release and compatible versions. Sometimes, when adding or removing these packages, the installation fails during user interaction or you are prompted for user interaction and your responses are ignored.  

Set the following environment variable and try to add the package again. 

NONABI_SCRIPTS=TRUE