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overlays - collections of installed packages
Tribblix uses the SVR4 packaging system to manage installed software
packages. However, this does not provide a very useful level of
abstraction, and it is recommended that users and administrators
manage installed software at a higher level, using overlays.
An overlay is a group of packages that are installed together, that
provides a meaningful set of functionality. Overlays are managed
using the zap(1) utility.
To list the available overlays
zap list-overlays [-u|-i]
To update the list of available overlays and catalog of available
packages from the network repository
zap refresh
To install an overlay
zap install-overlay overlay_name
To update all the packages in an overlay to their current versions
(or all overlays, with -a)
zap update-overlay overlay_name
Overlays are also used as the unit of software management in zones of
the whole-root(7) brand.
The files defining overlays are stored in the /var/sadm/overlays
directory.
zap(1), whole-root(7)
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NAME
overlays - collections of installed packages
DESCRIPTION
Tribblix uses the SVR4 packaging system to manage installed software
packages. However, this does not provide a very useful level of
abstraction, and it is recommended that users and administrators
manage installed software at a higher level, using overlays.
An overlay is a group of packages that are installed together, that
provides a meaningful set of functionality. Overlays are managed
using the zap(1) utility.
To list the available overlays
zap list-overlays [-u|-i]
To update the list of available overlays and catalog of available
packages from the network repository
zap refresh
To install an overlay
zap install-overlay overlay_name
To update all the packages in an overlay to their current versions
(or all overlays, with -a)
zap update-overlay overlay_name
Overlays are also used as the unit of software management in zones of
the whole-root(7) brand.
FILES
The files defining overlays are stored in the /var/sadm/overlays
directory.
SEE ALSO
zap(1), whole-root(7)
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