Tell me more ×  I need to do a lot of work on Solaris 10 for the
next few weeks. Is there an easy way to get the common packages
installed so the machine is more "modern". A Fedora install
comes with a lot more packages, and the missing ones are a ´yum
install' away. I installed all of the packages from the
Companion CD, but I'm still missing lots! For example, I'd like
subversion, gcc, MySql 5.x, MySql Query Browser and Firefox 3
(yeah Solaris ships with 2). I downloaded FF3 but when I run it
get complaints about needing Gtk+ 2.10 (ships with 2.4).
Unfortunately, OpenSolaris is not an option.  share|improve this
question The Solaris "desktop" environment leaves much to be
desired. –  Matt Jun 2 '09 at 18:42 Not sure what you mean by
that. JDS/Gnome as the Solaris desktop has everything I'm
looking for out of a desktop environment. What is it that it
doesn't have that you're looking for? –  Brian Knoblauch Jun 4
'09 at 16:46 Any typical Linux installation has thousands of
packages ready to go. I want the MyS