Installing software from a remote machine (NFS)

You can use the pkginstall(1M) command to install software over the network. In the following example, NFS (Network Filesystem) utilities are used instead:

1. The systemb administrator inserts the cartridge tape into systemb's cartridge tape drive.

2. The systemb administrator spools the packages onto systemb:
   
   pkgtrans ctape1 spool all

   This places the packages in the default spool directory, /var/spool/pkg.
   

3. The systemb administrator advertises the directory containing the spooled packages to systema:
   
   share -F nfs /var/spool/pkg systema

4. The systema administrator logs in to systema as root.
   

5. The systema administrator mounts the directory that the systemb administrator just advertised onto systema's mount directory, /mnt:
   
   mount -F nfs systemb:/var/spool/pkg /mnt

6. The systema administrator installs the packages onto systema:
   
   pkgadd -d/mnt