To determine the version number for an installed package on Solaris, the
pkginfo command can be used. If I wanted to check
the version number for the Apache Portable Runtime Libraries utilities
package, apr-util, I could issue the
pkginfo command with no options and grep for apr
to determine the package name.
# pkginfo | grep apr application SMCapr apr application SMCapru aprutil
I can then check the version number using the command
pkginfo -l SMCapru:
# pkginfo -l SMCapru
PKGINST: SMCapru
NAME: aprutil
CATEGORY: application
ARCH: sparc
VERSION: 1.2.2
BASEDIR: /usr/local
VENDOR: Apache Software Foundation
PSTAMP: Steve Christensen
INSTDATE: Jun 25 2009 17:11
EMAIL: steve@smc.vnet.net
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 49 installed pathnames
12 shared pathnames
8 directories
3 executables
5750 blocks used (approx)The version number listed is 1.2.2
