This document describes how to install the Virtual Application Environment System onto a physical machine, or a virtual machine. In order to install the system, you will need: - Packaged files for the system ( vaes-20Apr2010-02-48-12.tar.bz2 ) found on this CD - A machine running OpenSolaris 2009.06 - Access to the OpenSolaris 2009.06 repository (online or local) Contents - Installing the system - Installing an application - Using an installed application ############################################################################### ############################################################################### Installation of the system: 1) Place the packaged files onto your machine running OpenSolaris 2009.06. 2) Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory the packaged files are in. 3) Unpackage the files with the following commands: $ bunzip2 vaes-20Apr2010-02-48-12.tar.bz2 $ tar -xf vaes-20Apr2010-02-48-12.tar 4) In the same terminal window with root privileges, execute the following command: # bash INSTALL.sh While the zone is installing, you may open a new terminal window and run the following command to watch the installation progress: $ tail -f /tmp/zone_install_progress 5) The script will notify you when it has finished. ############################################################################### ############################################################################### Installation of software: 1) As a user with root privileges, search for the desired package using the following command in a terminal window: # pkg search <package> 2) As a user with root privileges, install the package found using the following command: # pkg install <package> 3) View output on screen and wait until the process is complete 4) The application is now installed ############################################################################### ############################################################################### To use installed software: 1) As your normal user, simply execute the normal command for the application you wish to launch. For example, if you wish to launch"openoffice.org3", run the following command: $ openoffice.org3 2) When instructed, insert your password 3) Use application as normal ###############################################################################