Unpack Solaris packages on other UNIXes

From: Alex Dyas (alex.dyas_at_interoute.com)
Date: 11/02/05

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To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org

    Hello,

    Does anyone know how I would go about unpacking a Solaris .pkg package
    on an other UNIX? Specifically I'm interested in FreeBSD, but I suppose
    the method would probably be valid for other UNIX like operating
    systems. I am not interested in installing the package, just unpacking
    it to allow me access to the files therein.

    I suppose I'm looking for the equivalent of 'pkgadd -s' for a
    non-Solaris UNIX OS.

     From what I can gather Solaris packages are in SVR4 Datastream format,
    but I can't find anything that can handle this format.

    Thanks,

    Alex. 

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-= Alex Dyas , UNIX , Interoute , Geneva =-
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