The Solaris 8 Distribution
Solaris 8 system and application software is delivered as collections of files and directories, referred to as packages. You can copy these packages onto the system from CD-ROM or magnetic tape as a single compressed file and uncompress them for installation.
Included with the package is information about the package, such as its title, storage requirements, and version. Also included are any custom scripts needed to properly install the software.
Sometimes system software is distributed in more than one package, but you need to distribute and install the packages as a unit. A collection of two or more related packages is referred to as a software cluster, a logical grouping of packages.
The Solaris 8 operating system ...
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