The software pointed to by my Sun Freeware Web page is archived in a format that can be read and installed by the pkgadd program that comes with Solaris 2.5, 2.6 and 7. I gave instructions on how to install our pkgadd software on a another page , but I did not discuss how we created the packages. Michael Short at Berkeley first educated me on the basic steps to create a pkgadd format software package. Here I will add to his steps and try to make them as clear as I can. No doubt, there are more sophisticated or general ways to do this, but I will not attempt anything harder here.
Comments are welcome.
There now exists a detailed discussion of the packaging process in the Answerbook 2 on the Solaris CD or on the Application Packaging Developer's Guide . See also and article on-line at Inside Solaris . Check them out. I will add updates to these basic processes here or on the FAQ as I learn them. Find the source code to the package you want to compile.