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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)

Tribblix April 18, 2022 OVERLAYS(7)