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<chapter><title>OpenSolaris 2009.06 Package Manager </title>

<sect1 id="abt_pkgmgr"><title>About the Package Manager</title>

<para>Welcome to the <trademark>OpenSolaris</trademark> 2009.06 Package Manager online help!</para>

<para>Use this help contents to learn how to use the Package Manager. Navigate through this help by clicking the topics displayed in the sidebar.</para>

<para>The OpenSolaris 2009.06 Package Manager application is a graphical user interface for the Image Packaging System (IPS) software. </para>

<para>The Package Manager enables you to perform the following tasks:</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>Search, install, and remove packages.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Add and modify repositories.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Create, remove, and manage boot environments.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<note><para>See the <xref linkend="glossary"/> for definitions of the terms used in this document.</para>

</note>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="abt_ips"><title>About Image Packaging System (IPS)</title>

<sect2 id="gikcw"><title>An Introduction to IPS</title>

<para>The Image Packaging System software is a network-centric packaging system written in Python. IPS is an attempt to design and implement a software delivery system that interacts with a network repository. The IPS software is a framework which provides for software lifecycle management including installation, upgrade, and removal.</para>

<para>The OpenSolaris 2009.06 release uses IPS as its packaging system.</para>

<para>After an initial installation of OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system, you will find that many of the software applications that you use on a regular basis are not immediately available to you. These software applications are available as packages in a repository for downloading and installing over the internet. A repository is a source for packages.</para>

<para>Users can use IPS to install packages from a repository, create and publish their own IPS packages, set up an OpenSolaris repository, mirror an existing repository, and publish existing packages to a repository.</para>

<para>Once you have installed packages, IPS enables you to search, update, and manage packages on your system.</para>

<para>With IPS , you can upgrade your system to a newer build of OpenSolaris, install and update your software to the latest available versions in a repository, and retrieve packages from mirror repositories. </para>

<para>If the system on which IPS is installed is on the network, IPS can automatically access the OpenSolaris repository. For the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release, your IPS client can access the packages from <ulink url="http://pkg.opensolaris.org"></ulink>. </para>

<para>See the Image Packaging System Guide for more information about IPS.</para>

<para>Visit the <ulink url="http://opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg">project page</ulink> on opensolaris.org and subscribe to [email protected] to get involved with the IPS project.</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="pm_win"><title>The Package Manager Window</title>

<sect2 id="gijpl"><title>About the Package Manager Window</title>

<para>When you start the Package Manager, the following window is displayed. </para>

<figure id="gijpx"><title>Package Manager Main Window</title>

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<para>The main window of the Package Manager consists of the following elements :</para>

<variablelist><varlistentry><term><emphasis role="strong">Menubar</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>You can access the menus on the menubar to perform all of the commands related to the Package Manager.</para>

<para></para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><emphasis role="strong">Toolbar</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>The toolbar contains the icons for a subset of the commands that can be performed by using the menus on the menubar. Additionally, a <guilabel>Search</guilabel> box and a <guilabel>Repositories</guilabel> drop-down menu are also located on the toolbar.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><emphasis role="strong">List of Packages by Category</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>You can browse the available packages by category in the left hand side drop-down menu. The drop-down menu shows the list of categories available such as <emphasis role="strong">Applications-Desktop</emphasis>, <emphasis role="strong">Applications Web based</emphasis>, and <emphasis role="strong">Operating System</emphasis>.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><emphasis role="strong">List of Packages by Status</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Show</guilabel> drop-down menu enables you to filter the list of packages by the following options :</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">All Packages</emphasis> – Shows the list of all packages available in the current repository.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Installed Packages</emphasis> – Shows the list of packages installed on your system.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Updates Available</emphasis> — Shows the list of packages that have newer versions available in the current repository.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Non-installed Packages</emphasis> – Shows the list of packages that are not installed, but are available in the currently selected repository.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Selected Packages</emphasis> – Shows the list of packages that you have selected.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><emphasis role="strong">Package Name and Description</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>The list of packages in the selected category, a brief description, and their status are displayed here.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><emphasis role="strong">Package Details</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>Click a package name to select it. Details of the selected package, such as name, version, file dependencies, and license are displayed in this window.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><emphasis role="strong">Repository Drop-down Menu</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>The list of available repositories is shown in the repository drop-down menu. Click a repository name to select it.</para>

<note><para>Clicking the <guilabel>Reload</guilabel> button reloads the Package Manager and displays the list of packages in the newly selected repository.</para>

</note>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><emphasis role="strong">Search Box</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>Search for a package is provided in the following contexts :</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>Search within the current, default repository</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Search across all configured repositories</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="edit_prefs"><title>Edit Preferences</title>

<para>A Start Page is displayed in the main window of the Package Manager when the application is started. The Start Page provides links to <ulink url="http://opensolaris.com">opensolaris.com</ulink> page where you can get more information about OpenSolaris, subscribe to newsletters and join the OpenSolaris community.</para>

<para>You can choose to turn off this setting so this page is not displayed when Package Manager starts.</para>

<para>Select <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu> from the menu and uncheck the <emphasis role="strong">Show Start Page on startup</emphasis> box to disable the Start Page.</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1><title>Working With Packages</title>

<sect2 id="install_pkg"><title>Install a Package</title>

<para>Perform the following steps to install a package:</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>In the main window of the <application>Package Manager</application>, click the <guibutton>Reload</guibutton> button to view the latest list of packages available to you.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Select a package.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Install/Update</guibutton> in the toolbar to start the package installation process.</para>

<para>You can also choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Package</guimenu><guimenuitem>Install/Update</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to start the package installation process.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>View the details or cancel the package installation </para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>Click <guilabel>Show Details</guilabel> to view the details.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the package installation. No changes are made and you are returned to the main window. </para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Review the package installation information and the package dependencies details in the <guilabel>Install Confirmation</guilabel> dialog.</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to proceed with the package installation.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the package installation. No changes are made and you are returned to the main window.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the package installation in the <guilabel>Downloading Packages</guilabel> dialog box. </para>

<para>No changes are made and you are returned to the main window.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Check the <guilabel>Accept</guilabel> box and click <guibutton>Accept</guibutton> to accept the terms of the license and complete the package installation successfully.</para>

<warning role="caution"><para> If you reject the license, the installation process is canceled and the packages will not be installed.</para>

</warning>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="remove_pkg"><title>Remove a Package</title>

<para>Perform the following steps to remove a package:</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Select the package or packages that you want to remove.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button in the toolbar to start the process.</para>

<para>You can also choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Package</guimenu><guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to remove a package.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Review the packages to be removed and the package dependencies details in the <guilabel>Remove Confirmation</guilabel> dialog box.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Uninstall the package or cancel the uninstallation process.</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Proceed</guibutton> to start uninstalling the packages.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the process. No changes are made and you are returned to the main window.</para>

<warning role="caution"><para>After you click the <guibutton>Proceed</guibutton> button, you cannot undo the package removal action.</para>

</warning>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="search_pkg"><title>Search for a Package</title>

<para>You can search for a package in the following ways :</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Search the default repository</emphasis> – The search will be performed on the default repository, <emphasis role="strong">http://pkg.opensolaris.org</emphasis>.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Search the current repository</emphasis> – </para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Search all repositories</emphasis>– Search for the package across all configured or registered repositories. </para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para>Type the name of the package that you want to search for in the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> box. </para>

<para>Enter the complete name, description, or a partial name to search for the package. For example, you might type one of the following search terms to search for <filename>SUNWgnome-games</filename> :</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>SUNWgames</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>games</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>GNOME-games</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<tip><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Use the submenus under the <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu></menuchoice> menu to cut, copy, paste, or clear text in the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> tab.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Use the icon on the right side of the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> tab to clear the search results.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</tip>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="update_pkg"><title>Update a Package</title>

<para>Look for the green icon next to the installed package name. This icon indicates that updates are available for the package in the currently selected repository. Select the package and click the <guibutton>Install/Update</guibutton> button to install the latest version of the package.</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="intro_be"><title>Introduction to Boot Environments</title>

<para>The OpenSolaris 2009.06 release is a boot environment.</para>

<para> A boot environment is an image that is bootable. The boot environment consists of a root file system and, optionally, other file systems, such as <filename>/usr</filename>, <filename>/var</filename>, or <filename>/export</filename>. These other file systems are mounted below the root file system. The root file system and all other file systems of the boot environment that contain system software are required to be ZFS datasets.</para>

<para> You can maintain multiple boot environments on your system. Use the command—line interface (CLI) to create, rename, mount or unmount, or destroy these boot environments. The primary reason to have more than one boot environment on your system is to create backups of your existing boot environments before you modify them. Then you have the option of booting a backup boot environment when needed.</para>

<para> See the <ulink url="http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/2008.11/snapupgrade/snap3.html"><citetitle>Upgrading and Managing Boot Environments</citetitle></ulink> document to learn more.</para>

<para>The Package Manager creates a clone of the active boot environment when an image is updated.</para>

<sect2 id="update_all"><title>Update All Packages (Update Your Image)</title>

<para>Perform the following steps to update all the packages in your image.</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the <guilabel>Update All</guilabel> button to start the process of updating <emphasis role="strong">all</emphasis> the packages in your image.</para>

<para>You can also choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Update All</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to start the process.</para>

<note><para>The <guilabel>Update All</guilabel> button is enabled when updates are available to the installed packages.</para>

</note>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>A <guilabel>Create New Boot Environment</guilabel> window is displayed. A name for the new boot environment is automatically generated.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>(optional) You can change the name of the new boot environment if you want. </para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Confirm or Cancel the new boot environment.</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Proceed</guibutton> to create a new boot environment and proceed with the Update All process.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the process.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<note><para>During the Update All process, a clone of the active boot environment is created. This clone enables the user to boot into the boot environment state that existed before the Update All process was started. If the Package Manager is unable to create a new boot environment, an error message will be displayed. See the <xref linkend="gilfh"/> section on how to rectify the error and continue with updating your image.</para>

</note>

<para>If you chose to proceed with the Update All process, the packages are downloaded and installed.</para>

<para>After a successful completion, the <guilabel>Update All Complete</guilabel> dialog box is shown.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para> Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton>. </para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Read the <ulink url="http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200811/x86/">Release Notes</ulink> before rebooting your system. </para>

<note><para><emphasis role="strong">You must reboot your system for the changes to take effect.</emphasis></para>

</note>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="gilfh"><title>Update All Errors</title>

<para>A new boot environment clone must be created by the Package Manager for the Update All process to be completed. An error message is displayed if a boot environment clone cannot be created. You might see an error message such as the following :</para>

<para><literal>Not enough disk space: the Update All action cannot be performed. You may choose to return to BE Management to manage your boot environments and free up disk space</literal>.</para>

<para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the Update All process and return to the main window.</para>

<para>Perform the following steps if you want to rectify the error and continue with the Update All process: </para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to display the <guilabel>Boot Environment Management</guilabel> dialog box.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Select the boot environments that you want to delete.</para>

<note><itemizedlist><listitem><para>You cannot delete the currently active boot environment.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>You do not need to reboot your system if you are only deleting some of your boot environments.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</note>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The <guilabel>Manage BEs Changes Confirmation</guilabel> dialog is shown.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para> Review your changes and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to delete your boot environments.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click the <guibutton>Update All</guibutton> icon to restart the process of updating all packages.</para>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="manage_be"><title>Manage Boot Environments</title>

<para>Perform the following steps to manage your boot environments:</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Manage Boot Environments</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the <guilabel>Manage Boot Environments</guilabel> dialog.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para id="gijqg">In this dialog box , you can perform the following actions:</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Activate a boot environment</emphasis> – Select the boot environment that you want to be active on system reboot. This will be the default boot environment <emphasis role="strong">after</emphasis> you have rebooted your system.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Remove old or unused boot environments to free up disk space</emphasis> – Select the boot environments that you want to delete.</para>

<note><itemizedlist><listitem><para>You cannot the delete the currently active boot environment.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>You do not need to reboot your system if you are only deleting some of your boot environments.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</note>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Rename a boot environment</emphasis> – Double-click the BE name that you want to change. Enter the new name of the BE and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. </para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Accept or decline the changes:</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to proceed.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel all changes and return to the main window.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Manage BEs Confirmation</guilabel> dialog box is displayed.</para>

<para>Review the boot environment changes and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to proceed.</para>

<warning role="caution"><para>After you click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, you cannot undo any changes that you made to the boot environments.</para>

</warning>

<note><para>The changes that you made to the <emphasis role="strong">default boot environment</emphasis> setting are effective only after system reboot.</para>

</note>

<para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the changes and return to the <literal>BE Management</literal> dialog box.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Reboot your system to see the latest changes.</para>

<note><para>You do not need to reboot your system if you only renamed a BE and did not make any other changes.</para>

</note>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="manage_repo"><title>Managing Repositories</title>

<sect2 id="add_repo"><title>Add a Repository</title>

<para>Perform the following steps to add a repository:</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Manage Repositories</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the <guilabel>Manage Repositories</guilabel> dialog.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Type the name and the address (URL) of the repository you want to add. Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton></para>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="remove_repo"><title>Remove a Repository</title>

<para>Perform the following steps to remove a repository:</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Manage Repositories</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the <guilabel>Manage Repositories</guilabel> dialog.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Select a repository from the list. Click <guibutton>Remove</guibutton>.</para>

<note><para>A repository that has been set as preferred repository cannot be removed. To remove a preferred repository, set a nonpreferred repository as preferred, and then remove the repository.</para>

</note>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="set_pref_repo"><title>Set a Preferred Repository</title>

<para>Perform the following steps to set a preferred repository:</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Manage Repositories</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the <guilabel>Manage Repositories</guilabel> dialog.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click the radio button next to the repository that you would like to set as the preferred repository.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> if you are not making any other changes to the repository information.</para>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="modify_repo"><title>Modify a Repository</title>

<para>Perform the following steps to modify a repository:</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Manage Repositories</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the <guilabel>Manage Repositories</guilabel> dialog.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Select the repository that you want to modify.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click the <guibutton>Modify</guibutton> button.</para>

<para> The <guilabel>Modify Repository</guilabel> dialog box is displayed. You can perform the following actions in the <guilabel>Modify Repository</guilabel> dialog box:</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Change the name and URL of the repository</emphasis> – Type a valid name for the repository and the URL of the repository.</para>

<para>A repository name is considered valid if it does not exist in the current list of repositories.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Add a SSL Key and Certificate</emphasis> – If a repository requires a key or certificate, add the repository name and URL, and then click the <guibutton>Modify</guibutton> button to add additional information such as a key or certificate.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">Add a Mirror</emphasis> – If a repository has a mirror, add the repository name and URL, and then click the <guibutton>Modify</guibutton> button to add the mirror information.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Confirm or decline the changes.</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to save the changes and return to the <guilabel>Manage Repositories</guilabel> dialog box.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel your changes.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="um_info"><title>Working With the Update Manager</title>

<sect2 id="gijqh"><title>About The Update Manager</title>

<para>The Update Manager is a separate application that starts from the desktop when updates to the installed packages are available in the repository.</para>

<figure id="gijqi"><title>Update Manager Main Window</title>

<mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/update_all.png" /></imageobject>

</mediaobject>

</figure>

<para>You can use the Update Manager application to update the installed packages in your image.</para>

<note><para>For the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release, the Update Manager updates <emphasis role="strong">all</emphasis> installed packages in the image. This action is equivalent to updating the image.</para>

</note>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="using_um"><title>Using the Update Manager</title>

<para>When updates are available to the installed packages, a notification icon is displayed in the notification panel on the OpenSolaris desktop.</para>

<para> You can also click <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Update Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to manually launch the Update Manager.</para>

<para>When you are notified of a software update, perform the following steps to begin the process of updating your system :</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the notification icon on the desktop to display the <guilabel>Update Manager</guilabel> window.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click the <guibutton>Update All</guibutton> button in the <guilabel>Update Manager</guilabel> window.</para>

<note><para>Select a package and click the <guilabel>Details</guilabel> panel if you want to view more information about the package.</para>

</note>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Update All</guilabel> dialog box is displayed. Proceed with the Update All process or cancel the action.</para>

<itemizedlist><listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Proceed</guibutton> to create a new boot environment and update all packages in the current image.</para>

<para>During the Update All process, a clone of the active boot environment is created. This clone enables the user to boot into the boot environment state that existed before the Update All process was started. </para>

<para>If the Package Manager is unable to create a new boot environment, an error message will be displayed. See the <xref linkend="gileh"/> section on how to rectify the error and continue with updating your image.</para>

<note><para>A name for the new boot environment is automatically generated.</para>

</note>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the process.</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>If you chose to proceed, the <guilabel>Installing Updates</guilabel> windows are displayed. The package installation process consists of four stages:</para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Evaluate.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Download.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Install.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Index.</para>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

<para>You can choose to cancel the process only during the Evaluate and Download stages. Click the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button to cancel the installation process. No changes are made and you are returned to the main window of the Update Manager.</para>

<note><para>If an error occurs during any of the stages, the <guilabel>Details</guilabel> panel is expanded and the details of the error are displayed. An error status indicator is shown next to the failed stage.</para>

</note>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click the <guilabel>Details</guilabel> panel to view more information about each of the installation processes.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Read the <ulink url="http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200811/x86/">Release Notes</ulink> before rebooting your system.</para>

<warning role="caution"><para>You must reboot your system for the changes to take effect.</para>

</warning>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="gileh"><title>Update All Errors</title>

<para>A new boot environment clone <emphasis role="strong">must</emphasis> be created for the Update All process to be completed. The following error message is displayed if a boot environment clone cannot be created due to space restrictions :</para>

<para><literal>Not enough disk space: the Update All action cannot be performed. Do you want to launch BE Management to manage your existing BEs and free up disk space?</literal></para>

<para>Click <guibutton>No</guibutton> to cancel the Update All process and return to the Update Manager main window.</para>

<para>Perform the following steps if you want to rectify the error and continue with the Update All process: </para>

<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Yes</guibutton> in the error dialog box to go to the <literal>Boot Environment Management</literal> dialog.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Go to step 2 in the <xref linkend="gilfh"/> section. Follow the instructions to delete old or unused boot environments and free up disk space.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Click the <guibutton>Update All</guibutton> button in the <literal>Update Manager</literal> window to restart the process of updating all packages.</para>

</listitem>

</orderedlist>

</sect2>

</sect1>

</chapter>

<glossary id="glossary"><title>Image Packaging System Glossary</title>

<glossentry><glossterm>publisher</glossterm>

<glossdef lang="en"><itemizedlist><listitem><para>A person, group, or corporation that designs, creates, and publishes a package to a repository.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>A location that is configured to point to a repository and might contain additional information about the package, such as the publisher of the package. The repository in turn serves the packages from the (default) authority, for downloading purposes. The developer-quality packages managed by Sun and made available through http://pkg.opensolaris.com is an example of an authority.</para>

<note><para>Before the 2009.06 release, the term <emphasis>authority</emphasis> was used instead of <emphasis>publisher</emphasis>.</para>

</note>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</glossdef>

</glossentry>

<glossentry><glossterm>boot environment</glossterm>

<glossdef><para>For an OpenSolaris release, a boot environment is an instance of a bootable OpenSolaris environment. The boot environment consists of a root file system and, optionally, other file systems, such as <filename>/usr</filename>, <filename>/var</filename>, or <filename>/export</filename>. These other file systems are mounted below the root file system. The root file system and all other file systems of the boot environment that contain system software are required to be ZFS datasets.</para>

<para>The active boot environment is the one that is currently booted. Exactly one active boot environment can be booted. An inactive boot environment is not currently booted, but can be in a state of waiting for activation on the next reboot.</para>

</glossdef>

</glossentry>

<glossentry><glossterm>clone</glossterm>

<glossdef><para>An exact copy. </para>

<para>For installation, a clone could be an exact copy of an operating system, a file system, or a volume. This copy has 100% compatibility with the original.</para>

</glossdef>

</glossentry>

<glossentry><glossterm>dataset</glossterm>

<glossdef><para>A generic name for the following ZFS entities: clones, file systems, snapshots, or volumes. Each dataset is identified by a unique name in the ZFS namespace.</para>

</glossdef>

</glossentry>

<glossentry><glossterm>image</glossterm>

<glossdef><para>A collection of software in a package that comprises an entire operating system. The package is suitable for installation.</para>

</glossdef>

</glossentry>

<glossentry><glossterm>package</glossterm>

<glossdef><para>A collection of files, directories, links, drivers, and dependencies in a defined format.</para>

</glossdef>

</glossentry>

<glossentry><glossterm>preferred repository</glossterm>

<glossdef><para>A default repository that is the source for packages. If a user does not explicitly specify a repository when installing and updating packages, the preferred publisher is chosen as the source for packages. </para>

<para>During the creation of an image, the initially specified publisher is marked as the preferred publisher. Any one of the publishers associated with an image can be set as the preferred publisher.</para>

</glossdef>

</glossentry>

<glossentry><glossterm>repository</glossterm>

<glossdef><para>A location where packages are available for downloading. A repository can contain packages from many authorities. Conversely, many repositories can contain packages from a single authority. Also called the depot server.</para>

</glossdef>

</glossentry>

</glossary>

</book>