Some departments of Rutgers University, specifically including New Brunswick Computing
Services, use a ported version of the RedHat Package Manager to install and upgrade software
on Sun Solaris machines. This server is the root of all that.
To report packaging bugs, or for other assistance requests, write to oss@nbcs.rutgers.edu
RECEIVING ERRORS FROM APT-GET UPDATE or INSTALL?
MAKE SURE TO USE THE NEW APT-GET CONFIGURATION
Our primary method of installing and updating is done via
a port of Debian's awesome apt suite. There is also a web
interface to the packages we have available.
How to Install
Solaris 9 on Sparc 64 is supported.
There are two main supported releases of this repository, currently named "stable" and "testing".
Stable: Frozen and considered well tested for use on primary server machines.
Testing: More up-to-date versions which are considered mostly stable, but should only be used for workstations and test servers since the software has not been as well tested as those in stable.
Bootstrap: (Stable, Testing)
Grab ftp://rpm.rutgers.edu/rpm-apt-bootstrap.sh.
To install the testing release, set the environment variable RELEASE="testing"
Generally, execute this:
RELEASE="testing" sh rpm-apt-bootstrap.sh
To use stable, omit the variable declaration, since stable is chosen by default.
More information is available in the documentation on the right.
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Package status information for stable and testing
Periodic Table List of Elements to keep track of release names
Express Documentation
In-depth Documentation
External Documentation
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New Brunswick Computing Services - Open System Support, Rutgers University
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