Creating pkgadd Software Packages under Solaris 2.5 Designed and maintained by S. Christensen. 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.
Find the source code to the package you want to compile. Read all the installation and other instructions carefully. In particular look at the Makefile and understand which executables are created and how they are linked to other executables and libraries. Also figure out exactly what parts of the compiled code, libraries, include files, data, etc. are required to run the program. Some programs require other programs in order to run.