[kde-solaris] KDE 3.1.1 Solaris 8 32-bit packages

Jake Colman colman at ppllc.com
Mon Apr 21 13:50:01 CEST 2003


>>>>> "MW" == Marco Walther <Marco.Walther at sun.com> writes:

>>>>> "JC" == Jake Colman <colman at ppllc.com> writes:
   JC> Can the packages be installed by a non-root user for personal use?  Or will
   JC> the pkgadd installation only work if it does by root for general release?

   MW> No:-( The pkgadd command needs to be executed by root. The pkg system
   MW> keeps a DB of all the installed software on the system. And that's
   MW> only writable by root.

What options are there for the non-root user who wants to install it for
personal use?

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