This section provides additional, miscellaneous, information that may be useful to the community and developers using and developing on the OpenSolaris 2009.06 platform. To access a remote desktop from an installed OpenSolaris 2009.06 system, you will need to download and install the SUNWrdesktop package from the repository. Execute the following commands to install and run the package :$ pfexec pkg install SUNWrdesktop $ /usr/bin/rdesktop The following tables compares the common package management tasks used by IPS with the commands used by the Solaris operating system and with the apt-get package management software.Task IPS Command apt-get Equivalent Create an image pkg image-create dpkg-build Install a package pkg install apt-get install Search for a package pkg search apt-cache searchdpkg S Update all packages pkg image-update apt-get dist-upgrade Display state and version information pkg list dpkg –list Display contents of a package pkg contents dpkg –contents Display package information such as license pkg info apt-cache showpkg Verify a package installation pkg verify debsums Uninstall a package pkg uninstall apt-get remove Display publisher information pkg publisher more sources.list Add or update a publisher pkg set-publisher Edit sources.list file Remove a publisher pkg unset-publisher Edit sources.list file Task IPS Command Solaris Equivalent Install package pkg install pkgadd a Display package state and version information pkg list pkginfo Verify package installation pkg verify pkgchk v Display package information such as license pkg info pkginfo l Display contents of a package pkg contents pkgchk l Search for a package pkg search pkgchk l p Uninstall a package pkg uninstall pkgrm The pkg.opensolaris.org/contrib repository contains packages built, reviewed, and supported by the community. See for more information.