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Oracle Solaris 11 Package Management with IPS

 


Image Packaging System (IPS) is a new network based package management system included in Oracle Solaris 11. It provides a framework for complete software lifecycle management such as installation, upgrade and removal of software packages.

  • Safe system upgrades with ZFS boot environments
  • Network package repositories of software
  • Efficient downloads and automatic dependency checking
  • Support for disconnected data center environments
  • Extensive package publishing tools
  
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Resources
White Paper - Oracle Solaris System Software Management with Image Packaging System
Cheat Sheet - Image Packaging System One Liners
Developer Guide - Packaging and Delivering Software with the Image Packaging System
Product Documentation - Adding and Updating Oracle Solaris Software Packages
Product Documentation - Copying and Creating Package Repositories
Product Documentation - Image Packaging System Manual Pages
How-To Guide - Introducing the Basics of Image Packaging System (IPS) on Oracle Solaris 11
How-To Guide - Advanced Administration with the Image Packaging System (IPS) on Oracle Solaris 11
How-To Guide - How-To Create and Publish packages to an IPS Repository on Oracle Solaris 11

Podcast, Demo and Techcast
Podcast - Oracle Solaris Image Packaging System
Demo - Image Packaging System, Installing a Package on a Client System
OTN Techcast Live - Oracle Solaris 11 IPS, by Bart Smaalders, Oracle Solaris Core Engineering
Presentation at LISA 2010 - Oracle Solaris 11 Image Packaging System
Hands on Lab - Introduction to IPS for Developers

Blogs
Bart Smaalders
Shawn Walker
Tim Foster

Related Technologies
Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
Developing Enterprise Applications
Simplified Installation
Security
Oracle Solaris Availability
Virtualization
Network Virtualization
ZFS
x86 Optimization

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