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Software::Packager::Solaris is the Software::Packager extension for Solaris 2.5.1 and above.

SYNOPSIS

use Software::Packager;
my $packager = new Software::Packager(solaris);

This module is used to create software packages in a format suitable for installation with pkgadd. The process of creating packages is baised upon the document Application Packaging Developers Guide. Which can be found at http://docs.sun.com/ab2/@LegacyPageView?toc=SUNWab_42_2:/safedir/space3/coll1/SUNWasup/toc/PACKINSTALL:Contents;bt=Application+Packaging+Developer%27s+Guide;ps=ps/SUNWab_42_2/PACKINSTALL/Contents

FUNCTIONS

new()

This method creates and returns a new Software::Packager::Solaris object.

add_item()
$packager->add_item(%object_data);

This method overrides the add_item function in the Software::Packager module.

This method adds a new object to the package.

package()

$packager->packager(); This method overrides the base API in Software::Packager, it controls the process if package creation.

package_name()

This method is used to specify the abbreviated package name.

Sun say: (Application Packaging Developers Guide. Page 32) A valid package abbreviation must the criteria defined below:

It must start with a letter. Additional charaters may be alphanumeric and can be the two special charaters + and -.

It must be nine or fewer charaters.

Reserved names are install, new, and all.

For more details see the pkginfo(4) man page.

program_name()

This is used to specify the full package name.

The program name must be less that 256 charaters.

For more details see the pkginfo(4) man page.

architecture()

The architecture must be a comma seperated list of alphanumeric tokens that indicate the architecture associated with the package. The maximum length of a token is 16 charaters. A token should be in the format "instruction set"."platform group" where: instruction set is the output of `uname -p` platform group is the output of `uname -m`
If the architecture is not set then the current instruction set is used.

For more details see the pkginfo(4) man page.

version()

This method is used to check the format of the version and return it in the format required for Solaris.

The version must be 256 charaters or less.

The first charater cannot be a left parenthesis.

The recommended format isi an arbitrary string of numbers in Dewey-decimal format. For more datails see the pkginfo(4) man page.

install_dir()
$packager->install_dir(/usr/local);
my $base_dir = $packager->install_dir();

This method sets the base directory for the software to be installed. The installation directory must start with a "/".

compatible_version()

$packager->compatible_version(/some/path/file);
or
$packager->compatible_version($compver_stored_in_string);

my $compatible_version = $packager->compatible_version();

This method sets the compatible versions file for the software to be installed.

space()

$packager->space(/some/path/file);
or
$packager->space($space_data_stored_in_string);
my $space = $packager->space();

This method sets the space file for the software to be installed.

request_script()

$packager->request_script(/some/path/file);
or
$packager->request_script($request_script_stored_in_string);
my $request_script = $packager->request_script();

This method sets the space file for the software to be installed.

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The project automatically downloads packages from the VMware site.

Tested on Slackware 11. (Slackware 10.2 might not work - try)
Tested on Ubuntu Desktop Dapper Drake and Ubuntu Desktop Edgy.

IMPORTANT: this suite does not include the vmware server packs,
they are downloaded from the official VMware site.
You also need a server key for activating the product that you must
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INSTALLATION (Slackware Linux) :

a) 1- The perfect setup for running vmware on Slackware is:
Slackware 11 (When you install the OS leave a big partion for your
virtual machines).

Using a good server with an hardware raid controller:

Suggested Partition Table (scsi disks, if ide hda):
/dev/sda1 swap (megs?gb? depends on your system)
/dev/sda2 / 10Gb
/dev/sda3 /home 2Gb
/dev/sda4 /vm (160 Gb the rest for your virtual machines)

You must do a normal install with X support but no KDE.


2- Dropline Gnome (http://www.droplinegnome.net)
It is suggested you run gnome on Slackware 11. Gnome is not
included in the distro cds, therefore you must download
Dropline Gnome.

3- Kernel 2.6.x (with the kernel sources into /usr/src/linux)
(Default Kernel 2.4.33.3 works perfectly though)

CAUTION: take a look on www.vmware.com for the
supported kernel 2.6 versions.

OR

- If you have problems building 2.6.x vmware kernel module, just use
the normal 2.4.33.3 kernel supplied with your slackware, or try the test26.s
or huge26.s supplied with your slackware cds.

b) - The base setup for running vmware on Slackware is:
1- Slackware 11
2- Kde(not tested can have problems with some libraries)
(if you do not want to Download and install Dropline Gnome)
3- Kernel 2.4.33 (with the kernel sources into /usr/src/linux)

Using a normal pc with no raid controller (so you should use linux
raid software):

Suggested Partition Table (scsi disks, if ide hda):
/dev/md1 swap (megs?gb? depends on your system)
/dev/md2 / 10Gb
/dev/md3 /home 2Gb
/dev/md4 /vm (100 Gb? the rest for your virtual machines)

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If you do not want to use Gnome or Kde go at the end of this file.
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2) After making sure you have everything (including the kernel sources
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(you can hit ENTER to most of the questions (90%)

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3) follow the steps provided
(you can hit ENTER to most of the questions (90%)

4) provide the vmware free key when needed
(ask for it on the site http://www.vmware.com)

5) Run the command "vmware" and Enjoy vmware!

INSTALLATION ON UBUNTU SERVER

- Not tried yet, but you should at first download and install X11 and gnome
and then follow the steps provided for Ubuntu Desktop above.

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- Remember that vmware server packs are downloaded from the official vmware
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- Remember that in order to use VMware you should accept the terms of the
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- Remember that in order to installa VMware you should ask the VMware
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- To create virtual machines you should use the vmware console.
a) Run the command "vmware" and the vmware console starts up.
b) Then connect to localhost.

- After created a virtual machine to run it from the cmd line use:
bash# vmware-cmd vmname.vmx start

Author: Lorenzo Allori

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If you do not have Gnome or Kde youll need the following:

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- Slack with glibc and glibcsolibs installed. Make sure you
have X11 installed with a window manager.

Packages needed are:
glibc-2.3.6-i486-6.tgz
glibc-solibs-2.3.6-i486-6.tgz
kernel-source-2.4.33.3-noarch-1.tgz
x11-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz
x11-devel-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz
windowmaker-0.92.0-i486-1.tgz

You can find those on http://www.slackware.com.

Download them and to install those just type (as root):

# installpkg pkgname

When you have finished installing all the packages you need remember to run:

# ldconfig

- If you need a window manager you can install windowmaker:

# installpkg windowmaker-0.92-i486.tgz
# wmaker.inst

Solaris::Kstat is a Perl module to access Solaris Kstats from Perl.

SYNOPSIS

use Solaris::Kstat;
my $kstat = Solaris::Kstat->new();
my ($usr1, $sys1, $wio1, $idle1) =
@{$kstat->{cpu_stat}{0}{cpu_stat0}}{qw(user kernel wait idle)};
print("usr sys wio idlen");
while (1)
{
sleep 5;
if ($kstat->update()) { print("Configuration changedn"); }
my ($usr2, $sys2, $wio2, $idle2) =
@{$kstat->{cpu_stat}{0}{cpu_stat0}}{qw(user kernel wait idle)};
printf(" %.2d %.2d %.2d %.2dn",
($usr2 - $usr1) / 5, ($sys2 - $sys1) / 5,
($wio2 - $wio1) / 5, ($idle2 - $idle1) / 5);
$usr1 = $usr2; $sys1 = $sys2; $wio1 = $wio2; $idle1 = $idle2;
}

This module provides a tied hash interface to the Solaris kstats library. The kstats library allows you to get access to all the stats used by sar, iostat, vmstat etc, plus a lot of others that arent accessible through the usual utilities.
Solaris categorises statistics using a 3-part key - module, instance and name. For example, the root disk stats can be found under sd.0.sd0, and the cpu statistics can be found under cpu_stat.0.cpu_stat0, as in the above example. The method Solaris::Kstats-new()> creates a new 3-layer tree of perl hashes with exactly the same structure - i.e. the stats for disk 0 can be accessed as $ks-{sd}{0}{sd0}>. The bottom (4th) layer is a tied hash used to hold the individual statistics values for a particular system resource.

Creating a Solaris::Kstat object doesnt actually read all the possible statistics in, as this would be horribly slow and inefficient. Instead it creates a 3-layer structure as described above, and only reads in the individual statistics as you reference them. For example, accessing $ks-{sd}{0}{sd0}{reads} will read in all the statistics for sd0, including writes, bytes read/written, service times etc. Once you have accessed a bottom level statitics value, calling $ks->update() will automatically update all the individual values of any statistics that you have accessed.

Note that there are two values per bottom-level hash that can be read without causing the full set of statistics to be read from the kernel. These are "class" which is the kstat class of the statistics and "crtime" which is the time that the kstat was created. See kstat(3K) for full details of these fields.

Sun::Solaris::Task is a Perl interface to Tasks.

SYNOPSIS

use Sun::Solaris::Task qw(:ALL);
my $taskid = gettaskid();

This module provides wrappers for the gettaskid(2) and settaskid(2) system calls.

Constants

TASK_NORMAL, TASK_FINAL.

Functions

settaskid($project, $flags)

The $project parameter must be a valid project ID and the $flags parameter must be TASK_NORMAL or TASK_FINAL. The parameters are passed through directly to the underlying settaskid() system call. The new task ID is returned if the call succeeds. On failure -1 is returned.

gettaskid()

This function returns the numeric task ID of the calling process, or undef if the underlying gettaskid() system call is unsuccessful.

Exports

By default nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be used to selectively import constants and functions defined in this module:

:SYSCALLS settaskid() and gettaskid()

:CONSTANTS TASK_NORMAL and TASK_FINAL

:ALL :SYSCALLS and :CONSTANTS