How do I install solaris software?

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# pkgadd -d . "name_of_package"

The -d is the destination of the packages, if the packages are in the default location /var/spool/pkg then you do not need the -d, the above command had destination and "dot" the current directory
For example, let's say the package SUNWsneep was in a directory /var/tmp, do the following:

# cd /var/tmp
# pkgadd -d . SUNWsneep

To install a package from a single file, not a package made from a directory structure, install excluding the "dot"
For example SUNWscat come in the format SUNWscat4.1.pkg.gz, to install this do the following:
Change directory to where the file is.

# gzip -d SUNWscat4.1.pkg.gz
# pkgadd -d SUNWscat4.1.pkg

The following packages are available:
  1  SUNWscat     Solaris Crash Analysis Tool (4.1 Build 526)
                  (sparc) 4.1

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