Oracle Solaris 10 installation methods provide software package clusters that install a group of packages based on the system's purpose, such as minimal network, desktop, developer, and all for servers.
Oracle Solaris 11 provides four group packages that are appropriate for a large server, a small server or non-global zone, a minimal server, and a graphical desktop environment. Each of these group packages installs different sets of packages on a system. See Oracle Solaris 11.2 Package Group Lists .
Display package group information as follows:
$ pkg list -as '*group/system/solaris*'
Display the contents of package groups as follows:
$ pkg contents -ro fmri -t depend -a type=group group-package-name
Determine which package group is currently installed on your system as follows:
# pkg list group/system/\*
IPS also includes other meta and group packages that you can install on your system to provide a trusted desktop or multi-user desktop.
If you want to install most packages, similar to installing the Solaris 10 SUNWCall package cluster, consider installing the group/system/solaris-large-server package group.
For a complete listing of the packages that are part of each package group, see Oracle Solaris 11.2 Package Group Lists .