[OpenIndiana-discuss] Knowledge Base for Compiling and Installing Software Not Available as Packages.

[Peter Tribble]

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Dave Koelmeyer
<dave.koelmeyer at davekoelmeyer.co.nz> wrote:
> On 20/12/12 17:35, DormitionSkete at hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>> I had the thought of making wiki pages on how I went about installing
>> these, including the service manifest and method files that I made.
>>
>> I've created a page in the "OpenIndiana Handbook", under "#3. Installing
>> software and package management", with the thought of adding child pages for
>> each piece of software.
>>
>> If there are any objections to this, it'd be nice to know before I put a
>> significant amount of effort into this...
>
> None whatsoever from me, please do!

One comment here. One of the sites I find most useful that's similar
to this is Beyond Linux from Scratch.

http://lfsbook.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/index.html

It's not actually Linux-specific, and it's handy to work out dependencies,
useful configure flags, download sources, and even just a list of what
applications would be worth installing. It obviously doesn't cover
things like porting to Solaris, but it helps skip past some of the more
basic hassles and I've found it very helpful in building software for
Tribblix (which in many ways is OpenSolaris from Scratch).

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