When you`ve got an old server with CD-ROM and therefore cannot install the live edition, or you have another reason to install Gnome on Solaris 11 you should follow my very short guide;
Login onto the console and use the following commands:
sudo pkg install slim_install
sudo svcadm enable gdm
And if you want to run the deskstop:
startx
Thanks men. U R the best.
Thanks Ramoonus
worked like a charm!
You`re welcome
Fantastic. Simple, to the point. Solaris might as well be in greek. Thanks much!
Easy does it
Outstanding! Worked like a charm. Thank you for being one of the few who wrote a Solaris Desktop tutorial selflessly.
No Problem!
Thank you very match! Respect.
You`re welcome
Installed Solaris 11 via the text based installer.
How to add the gnome package supposing downloaded the repository package and copy to /mnt for the iso file.
you mean mounting the ISO and then installing from there?