Try Gentoo/Alt. I used it to get up-to-date GNU stuff in a Solaris environment. You don't even need root access. Highly recommended, it's very flexible. Gentoo

Try Gentoo/Alt. I used it to get up-to-date GNU stuff in a Solaris environment. You don't even need root access. Highly recommended, it's very flexible. Gentoo being Gentoo, you need some skills, though.