Chapter 3. Installing and Maintaining Solaris 8

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • Software clusters

  • Software groups

  • Packages

  • Patches

Techniques you'll need to master:

  • Installing Solaris 8

  • Adding and removing packages

  • Listing installed packages

  • Adding and removing patches

  • Listing installed patches

The first section of this chapter covers the Solaris 8 distribution. Next, installing the operating system is covered in detail. The last two sections summarize the commands for performing software package administration and patch administration. The Installation test objectives are covered in this chapter.

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