Solaris 10 OS Companion Software CD downloads

  • Solaris 10 OS Companion Software CD image download

    To download the Companion Software CD image, click on the link above. The Companion Software CD image is located on the same page as the Solaris CD image. The Companion Software CD image contains both Sparc and x64/x86 binaries. Please note that you will need to use the `pkgadd` command to install the Companion software and the installer will no longer prompt you to enter the Companion CD. Full install instructions can be found within the README file on the CD image.

    Note: The ability to download individual Companion Software packages is now only available at http://sunfreeware.com, an independent Web site maintained by Steve Christensen. You will be able to find a large number of other useful freeware packages at Steve's Web site for Solaris 10 and past Solaris releases. There is also the ability to request freeware programs that you can't find available for Solaris.

Solaris 9 Companion Software CD downloads

Sun is working to ensure that the strength of the Solaris Operating System is complemented by a collection of popular, freely available software. This freeware includes in-bound open source and third party components such as utilities, productivity tools, and development tools. Users can now more conveniently leverage the technologies shared on the Internet.

Now, you have two primary sources of freeware that work with the Solaris 10 Operating System:

  1. Freeware that is included on the Solaris 10 CD in separate and distinct modules, which is being made available as a convenience to our customers
    • technologies that users may expect to find with their operating environment are now included with the Solaris environment

  2. Freeware that is co-packaged via the Solaris 10 Companion CD
    • other useful and popular technologies are offered as an unsupported value-add CD

This table contains a summary of the freeware referenced in the above bullets.

Included with Solaris 10 OS
Sun supported software
Shipped with Solaris 10 OS
Community (not Sun) supported
(See Sun legal disclaimer)
Libraries
Glib m
GTK+ m
JPEG m
Libexpat m
Libusb m
Libxslt m
PNG m
Tcl/Tk m
TIFF m
XML2 m
XPM m
zlib m
Network Servers and Clients
Apache f
Apache2 m, w
bind f
Mozilla m
ncftp m
Quagga m
ppp f
Samba f
sendmail f
SER (SIP Proxy Server) f
Tomcat m, w
wget m
wu-ftpd f
xntpd m
Scripting Language
Perl f
Python m, w
Security Tools
Secure Shell f
tcp_wrappers m
Shells
bash m
tcsh m
zsh m
Commands and Tools
a2ps m
bzip2 m
cdrtools m
dvd+rwtools m
foomatic print ppds m
ghostscript m
ghostscript fonts m
Gimp print drivers m
GNU patch utility m
grep (GNU) m
gzip m
ImageMagick m
IPMI tool m
less m
mkisofs m
Open Printing API m
patch m
rpm2cpio.pl m
System Management Agent m
tar (GNU) m
texi2html m
texinfo m
traceroute f
USB Smartcard CCID IFD Handler m
Webmin m
zip m
Compiler and Tools
Binutils m
Bison m
Flex m
Gcc m
Gm4 m
Gmake m
Database
MySQLm, q
PostgreSQL*

Application/Accessibility
brltty-3.6.1
emacspeak-21.0
emacspeak-ss-1.9.1
screenbrltty 4.0.2
unwindows-1.1.3
w3-4.0.47
yasr 0.6.9
Application/Editors
emacs 21.3
gawk-3.1.5
joe-3.7
sed-4.1.5 (GNU)
vim-6.3
xemacs-21.4.15
Application/Networking
ethereal 0.10.5
fetchmail 6.3.10
lynx-2.8.6
mutt-1.5.18
nmap 3.50
nmh-1.3
Open SLP 1.0.11
procmail-3.22
rsync 2.6.3pre1
slrn-0.9.8.1
snort-2.8.4.1
tcpdump-3.9.8
Application/Publishing
graphviz 1.10
groff-1.16.1
xpdf 3.02
Application/Utilities
afio-2.5
amanda-2.5.2.1
coreutils 5.97
ctags-5.7
diffutils-2.8.7
enscript-1.6.4
expect 5.43
file-4.23
findutils-4.2.30
gcal-3.01
gettext-0.10.35
gnuplot 4.2.4
ispell 3.3.02
mpack-1.6
mpage-2.5.6
mysql-jdbc-3.0.8
netpbm-10.26.57
plotutils-2.5
pnm2ppa-1.12
rpm-4.1
sane 1.0.14
screen 4.0.2
sgrep-1.92a
sharutils-4.6
sudo-1.7.2.1
TeTex 2.0.2
tnef 1.4.5
top-3.5.1
uudeview-0.5.20
unison 2.9.1
vorbis-1.0
Desktop/Environment
XFce-3.8.16
Development/Languages
gcc-2.95.3
libtool 1.5.2
lablgtk 1.2.7
ocaml 3.08.2
pcre 4.5
php-4.3.2 w
ruby-1.8.5.2 w
tclX-8.3.5
Development/Libraries
aalib-1.4.5
curl-7.19.5
fltk-1.1.9.2
fnlib-0.5
GD graphics library 2.0.34
guile-1.6.8
imlib-1.9.15
libmpeg-1.3.1
libpcap-0.9.8
libsane 1.0.14
libungif-4.1.4
ncurses-5.6
Ogglib-1.0
readline-4.2
slang-2.0.7
SDL-1.2.5
Xaw3d-1.5
Development/Tools
autoconf 2.59
automake 1.8.3
cvs 1.12.13
ddd 3.3.11
gdb 6.6
global 5.6.2
System/Daemons
imap2002.d
proftpd 1.3.1
squid 2.7.6 w
X/Applications
asclock-1.3
rxvt-2.7.10
stardic-1.3.1
vnc-3.3.7
xcpustate-2.9
xdelta 1.1.4
xmcd 3.2.1
xmms 1.2.11
xterm-196 (XFree86)
X/Window Managers
afterstep-1.8.8
fvwm2-2.4.19
WindowMaker-0.80.2
  • * = Service Plans Available for Open Source Databases
  • f = fully supported: Sun provides support in the same way as for Sun owned software.
  • m = managed: Sun provides existing patches and escalates new bugs to the developer community.
  • w = included with GlassFish Web Stack
  • q = included with MySQL Enterprise

See also: A complete list of software shipped with the Solaris 10 Operating System

Sun GlassFish Web Stack

The following open source components are available for a higher level of support than is offered in a Solaris 10 Subscription: Apache2, Tomcat, PHP, Ruby, Squid and Python. These open source components are included in the Sun GlassFish Web Stack, which is an integrated stack of popular open-source Web-tier technologies. The web-tier technologies have been optimized for enterprise-wide deployment with their own separate level of support offering for those Enterprise Customers looking for higher levels of support. The GlassFish Web Stack includes the open source components listed above, as well as other popular open source components that enable a full featured AMP-type deployment.

Further details of the Sun GlassFish Web Stack technologies and support can be viewed at: http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/get.jsp

MySQL

The MySQL Enterprise subscription is the only comprehensive offering of production support, monitoring tools and MySQL database software to deliver optimal performance, reliability, security, and uptime. MySQL Enterprise includes:

  • MySQL Enterprise Server
  • MySQL Enterprise Monitor
  • MySQL Production Support

Further details of the MySQL Enterprise technologies and support can be viewed at: http://mysql.com/products/enterprise/features.html

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Legal disclaimer for the UNSUPPORTED software sections of this page

Note: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun) does NOT SUPPORT and has not performed compatibility testing with the freeware products located in the UNSUPPORTED software section of this page, namely the freeware found on the Solaris 10 Software Companion CD.

Sun did not develop any of the freeware products ("Products") contained on the Solaris 10 Software Companion CD and has no ownership interest in them. Sun is making the Products available for free and as a convenience to our customers.

The Products are provided "AS IS." They may not function properly or at all, may not be compatible with Solaris, may contain viruses and/or may disrupt, damage or interfere with your use of your programs, computers or telecommunications facilities. Sun makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the Products. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF NON- INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

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