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Glossary

Term Definition
Boomer The code name for the audio driver framework used by OpenIndiana. Its application interface is Open Sound System (OSS) 4 compatible.
Consolidation A collection of related software which has the scope of a project, historically developed by a dedicated team. OpenIndiana is composed of many consolidations.
g11n Internationalization and localization consolidation.
illumos A community maintained derivative of the OpenSolaris OS/NET (ON) source which contains core operating system components, including the kernel, drivers, and basic userland.
oi-userland A new OpenIndiana consolidation which pulls together many of the old legacy consolidations. This new consolidation greatly simplifies the development of OpenIndiana.
SFE Spec Files Extra - External 3rd party IPS repository
XNV The X-Windows consolidation.

Finding Help and Support

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Local system command line help

  • apropos - search the manual page names and descriptions
    • Used to find keywords in man pages
  • find - search for files in a directory hierarchy
  • info - read Info documents
    • A viewer for GNU info pages
  • locate - find files by name
    • Uses the mlocate database to find files and folders
  • man - an interface to the on-line reference manuals (man pages)
    • To pipe the output of a man page to a text file use the command: man [manpage] | col -x -b > [filename].txt.
    • For example: man pkg | col -x -b > pkg.txt

IPS Command Matrix

Task IPS Command apt Equivalent
Install a package pkg install apt install
Uninstall a package pkg uninstall apt remove
Update all packages pkg update apt upgrade
Search for a package pkg search apt search
Display installed packages pkg list apt list
Display package information pkg info apt show
Display package contents pkg contents dpkg-query -L
Display publisher information pkg publisher cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
Add or update a publisher pkg set-publisher edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* files
Remove a publisher pkg unset-publisher edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* files

Developing with OpenIndiana

Documentation Team

The book titled "Introduction to Operating Systems: A Hands-On Approach Using the OpenSolaris Project" may be a good resource for helping to complete this part of the handbook.

Questions to ask:

  • How can OI be used as a development platform?
  • What programming tools, languages, etc., are available?
  • How can OI be used to further the development of OI itself?

Software Development Testing

Documentation Team

Need to add some guidance about how to add a test repo to test specific packages, etc.


Last update: 2023-09-03 19:46:49
Created: 2016-06-23 01:20:47