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Package management is done with super-user privileges (when running as a normal user with rights to elevate, prepend sudo or pfexec to the commands below).Set

Syntax for adding a

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repository

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Code Block
title Syntax for adding a repository
# pkg set-publisher -O g repository_url repository_name

Syntax for replacing a repository

# pkg set-publisher -G old_repository_url -g new_repository_url repository_name

Example of replacing a repository

# pkg set-publisher \
-G http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev hipster-2015 \
-g https://pkg.openindiana.org

Search for a package (in remote repositories):

:;/hipster openindiana.org

Listing repositories

# pkg publisher
 
PUBLISHER                   TYPE     STATUS P LOCATION
openindiana.org             origin   online F https://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster/
hipster-encumbered          origin   online F https://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster-encumbered/

Currently supported repositories for OpenIndiana Hipster

Searching for IPS packages

# pkg search -prp git

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Installing an IPS package

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Code Block
:;# pkg install git

The above is the "native" OpenIndiana package management, but some packages may be missing or outdated.

Upgrading a package

# pkg update git

Upgrading all the packages on the system

# pkg update

Option 2: Install software from SmartOS repositories via pkgin

All illumos-based operating systems, like OmniOS, OpenIndiana and SmartOS can use the repository from Joyent/SmartOS. Its main advantage is that you find there a lot of very up to date packages.

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