[OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg only installing command-line tools

Stefan Müller-Wilken stefan.mueller-wilken at acando.de
Mon Nov 25 07:18:45 UTC 2013


Morning Rainer,

sorry to hear your understandable disappointment.  But I'd still be willing to help diagnosing the network problem if you'd share the output of nwamcfg, dladm et cetera.

Cheers
 Stefan
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Von: Rainer Heilke [rheilke at dragonhearth.com]
Gesendet: Montag, 25. November 2013 03:43
An: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg only installing command-line tools

Never mind; I've given up. :-(
I need to get going setting up software, so I'm reinstalling the LiveCD
knowing the network is pooched and that it won't save desktop settings,
and who knows what else. Maybe the 151a9 update will fix things.

A very disappointed,
Rainer

On 11/24/2013 4:35 PM, Rainer Heilke wrote:
> I've been using:
> pkg install -v {package}
>  to install command-line tools, but it refuses to install Gnome.
> Whenever I try:
> pkg install -v {gnome,gnome-incorporation,etc}
> it spins for a few moments "Creating plan", then comes back:
> "No updates necessary for this image."
>
> But this system doesn't have any of Gnome installed, nor does pkg
> install actually install anything.
>
> Between the 151a8 LiveCD not keeping the static network configurations
> (nor any of my desktop settings, I discovered), and now this, I'm
> about ready to ask if someone will send me a 151a7 LiveCD. 151a8 is
> definitely borked.
>
> Rainer
>

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