System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Example —Installing Software Packages From an HTTP URL

The following example shows how to install a package using an HTTP URL as the device name. The URL must point to a stream-formatted package.


# pkgadd -d http://install/xf86-4.3.0-video.pkg

## Downloading...
..............25%..............50%..............75%..............100%
## Download Complete


The following packages are available:
  1  SUNWxf86r     XFree86 Driver Porting Kit (Root)
                   (i386) 4.3.0,REV=0.2003.02.28
  2  SUNWxf86u     XFree86 Driver Porting Kit (User)
                   (i386) 4.3.0,REV=0.2003.02.28

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