[OpenIndiana-discuss] Installing X after text-install?

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 07.07.25 um 20:53 schrieb Nick:
> Hi,
>
> What packages should be installed after text install to get X11
> functioning?  I'm interested in using twm and with VMWare using the
> provided open-vm-tools package and hopefully xrandr to resize the display.
>
> `pkg info entire` is reporting:
> illumos-3caf57556b, Branch: 2022.0.0.1 Packaging Date: 2022-10-14.
>
> Not sure if there should be a newer incorporation?
>
> I tried to install `mate_install`, however that was rejected.
>
> Thanks
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Hi,

looks like you have installed from an almost two years old installation 
medium.
That's ok, but you need to run pkg update (and reboot into the new boot 
environment afterwards)
before you can install any new package. pkg install -v mate_install 
would be the right choice then.

Andreas