Our first task will be the installation of pkg-get. At Blastwave you’ll find a complete guide on how to undertake this task. Briefly:

cd /tmp
/usr/sfw/bin/wget http://www.blastwave.org/pkg_get.pkg
pkgadd -d pkg_get.pkg all
/usr/sfw/bin/wget http://www.blastwave.org/wget-i386.bin
chmod 755 wget-i386.bin

PATH=/tmp:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:

/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ccs/bin
export PATH

vi /opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conf

Pick a mirror next to you. Then:

pkg-get -i wget

PATH=/opt/csw/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/dt/bin:

/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ccs/bin
export PATH

And now you may install other packages. But let’s focus in our target.

As Solaris 10 comes with MySQL and Apache installed by default, first we are going to uninstall them. Take a look at your system:

pkginfo | grep -i apache

system SUNWaclg Apache Common Logging
system SUNWapch2d Apache Web Server V2 Documentation
system SUNWapch2r Apache Web Server V2 (root)
system SUNWapch2u Apache Web Server V2 (usr)
system SUNWapchd Apache Web Server Documentation
system SUNWapchr Apache Web Server (root)
system SUNWapchu Apache Web Server (usr)

pkginfo | grep -i mysql

system SUNWmysqlr mysql – MySQL Database Management System (root component)
system SUNWmysqlt mysql – MySQL Database Management System (test component)
system SUNWmysqlu mysql – MySQL Database Management System (usr component)

Next task would be to uninstall these packages. Proceed as follows:

pkgrm SUNWaclg SUNWapch2d SUNWapch2r SUNWapch2u SUNWapchd SUNWapchr SUNWapchu
pkgrm SUNWmysqlr SUNWmysqlt SUNWmysqlu

Finally, install Apache, MySQL and PHP from pkg-get:

pkg-get -i apache2 mysql4 php4 mod_php

That’s all. Now configure the software as usual. Note that packages installed with pkg-get reside in /opt/csw, so I recommed adding something like this to your /etc/profile:

PATH=/opt/csw/bin:/opt/csw/mysql4/bin:$PATH
export PATH

More info:

pkg-get installation howto
pkg-get users guide
Customizing Your Working Environment