Become superuser.
Follow the links and download the appropriate tar file for your Solaris release from the following location:
Select one of the following to unpack the patch tool package:
If you are running the Solaris 2.6 or 7 release, uncompress and unpack the package by using the following commands:
# uncompress SUNWpkg-name.tar.Z # tar xvf SUNWpkg-name.tar |
If you are running the Solaris 8 or 9 release, unpack the package by using the following command:
# gunzip -dc SUNWpkg-name.tar.gz | tar xvf - |
Run the install script.
# cd unzipped-pkg-dir # ./setup |
If there are errors while running the install script, see Troubleshooting Problems With Signed Patches.
This example shows how to download and install the Solaris 2.6 patch management tools.
# uncompress pproSunOSsparc5.6jre2.1.tar.Z # tar xvf pproSunOSsparc5.6jre2.1.tar . . . # cd pproSunOSsparc5.6jre2.1 # ./setup . . . |
This example shows how to download and install the Solaris 9 patch management tools.
# gunzip -dc pproSunOSsparc5.9jre2.1.tar.gz | tar xvf - . . # cd pproSunOSsparc5.9jre2.1 # ./setup . . . |