OpenSolaris 2009.06 Image Packaging System Guide
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Package Categories

The package categories are displayed in the left panel of the Package Manager. See the Package Manager (GUI) for information about the Package Manager.


Note - A package subcategory is displayed only if there are packages available in that subcategory.


If you are using the command—line interface (CLI), the category of a package is shown by the package metadata, info.classification.

If you are creating and publishing an IPS package, you might use the info.classification attribute with the publication client, pkgsend(1), to categorize your package before publishing the package. See the Actions in IPS section to learn about actions and their corresponding attributes of a package.

The following tables list the categories and subcategories of packages that are available for classification purposes in the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release.

Table 9-1 Package Categories and Subcategories

Applications

Development

System

Accessories

IDE

Administration and Configuration

Configuration and Preferences

Source Code Management

Cluster

Education

Distribution Tools

Core

Games

C

Databases (System)

Graphics and Imaging

C++

Enterprise Management

Internet

Databases

File System

Office

GNOME and GTK+

Fonts

Applets

GNU

Hardware

Plug-ins and Run-times

Java

HPC

Science

Other Languages

I18N

Sound and Video

Perl

Libraries (System)

System Utilities

Python

Localizations (System)

Ruby

Media

System

Packaging

X11

Printing

Security

Services

Shells

Software Management

Text Tools

Trusted

X11 (System)

Virtualization

Table 9-2 Package Categories (continued)

Desktop (GNOME)

Distributions

Drivers

Web Services

Documentation

Desktop

Display

Application and Web

File Managers

Server

Input Devices

Business Applications

Libraries

Networking

Identity

Localizations (Desktop)

Ports

Portals

Scripts

Media

SOA

Sessions

Storage

Social Applications

Trusted Extensions

Other Peripherals

Window Managers

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