Overview for the Administrator: Software and AnswerBook Packages

Solaris^(TM) software is shipped on CD-ROM in units called packages. These packages may contain many kinds of software, from operating system to windowing applications and developer toolkits. They are configured as installable groups of object files arranged in clusters for installation.

Typically among the packages on a CD-ROM are one or more sets of ^(R) AnswerBook on-line documentation.

AnswerBook packages are different from other software packages in this respect: after you install an AnswerBook, you have to follow an administrative procedure to make the on-line documentation accessible to users on a network.

Thus this book for system administrators is divided into two parts:

• Part 1: Adding Software Packages
• Part 2: Adding and Configuring AnswerBook Packages