Determinining the Version of a Package
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
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Determing the Package to Which a File Belongs
If you wish to determine what package a file belongs to under Solaris,
you can use the command
pkgchk -l -p /path/file. E.g.
to determine the package to which the
openssl program located
in
/usr/sfw/bin belongs, the following command could be used:
# pkgchk -l -p /usr/sfw/bin/openssl
Pathname: /usr/sfw/bin/openssl
Type: regular file
Expected mode: 0555
Expected owner: root
Expected group: bin
Expected file size (bytes): 318668
Expected sum(1) of contents: 16493
Expected last modification: Jan 26 21:01:01 2006
Referenced by the following packages:
SUNWopenssl-commands
Current status: installed
From the above information, I can see the file belongs to the package
SUNWopenssl-commands. I can get further information on that
package, such as the date the package was installed with the command
pkginfo -l SUNWopenssl-commands.
# pkginfo -l SUNWopenssl-commands
PKGINST: SUNWopenssl-commands
NAME: OpenSSL Commands (Usr)
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: i386
VERSION: 11.10.0,REV=2005.01.21.16.34
BASEDIR: /
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: OpenSSL Commands (Use)
PSTAMP: on10-patch-x20060126144406
INSTDATE: Jul 08 2006 23:31
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 5 installed pathnames
3 shared pathnames
3 directories
2 executables
634 blocks used (approx)
References:
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Removing a Package
Removing a package that has been installed on a Solaris system is handled
by the
pkgrm command, which must be run from the root account.
E.g.
pkgrm SMCx11vnc would remove the previously installed
x11vnc package from a system. The output produced from
running the command appears below.
# pkgrm SMCx11vnc
The following package is currently installed:
SMCx11vnc x11vnc
(sparc) 0.7
Do you want to remove this package? [y,n,?,q] y
## Removing installed package instance <SMCx11vnc>
## Verifying package <SMCx11vnc> dependencies in global zone
## Processing package information.
## Removing pathnames in class <none>
/usr/local/share/x11vnc/classes/index.vnc
/usr/local/share/x11vnc/classes/VncViewer.jar
/usr/local/share/x11vnc/classes
/usr/local/share/x11vnc
/usr/local/share <shared pathname not removed>
/usr/local/man/man1/x11vnc.1
/usr/local/man/man1
/usr/local/man
/usr/local/doc/x11vnc/TODO
/usr/local/doc/x11vnc/README
/usr/local/doc/x11vnc/NEWS
/usr/local/doc/x11vnc/INSTALL
/usr/local/doc/x11vnc/ChangeLog
/usr/local/doc/x11vnc/COPYING
/usr/local/doc/x11vnc/AUTHORS
/usr/local/doc/x11vnc
/usr/local/doc <shared pathname not removed>
/usr/local/bin/x11vnc
/usr/local/bin <shared pathname not removed>
## Updating system information.
Removal of <SMCx11vnc> was successful.
References:
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Remove a Solaris package with pkgrm
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Pkginfo Command
On Solaris systems, the
pkginfo command can be used to obtain
information on installed packages. It is somewhat aking to the
rpm and similar commands on Linux systems.
usage:
pkginfo [-q] [-pi] [-x|l] [options] [pkg ...]
pkginfo -d device [-q] [-x|l] [options] [pkg ...]
where
-q #quiet mode
-p #select partially installed packages
-i #select completely installed packages
-x #extracted listing
-l #long listing
-r #relocation base
and options may include:
-c category, [category...]
-a architecture
-v version
If you just issue the command pkginfo, you will see list of
all of the installed packages on the system with a one-line listing per
package.
# pkginfo
system CADP160 Adaptec Ultra160 SCSI Host Adapter
Driver
application CFWWine WINE
system HPFC Agilent Fibre Channel HBA Driver
system NCRos86r NCR Platform Support, OS Functional
ity (Root)
system SK98sol SysKonnect SK-NET Gigabit Ethernet
Adapter SK-98xx
system SKfp SysKonnect PCI-FDDI Host Adapter
application SMChtdig htdig
<text snipped>
system SUNWzlib The Zip compression library
system SUNWzoner Solaris Zones (Root)
system SUNWzoneu Solaris Zones (Usr)
system SUNWzsh Z shell (zsh)
system SYMhisl Symbios 895A, 896 and 1010 SCSI driver
If you are just interested in a particular package, you can use pkginfo
pkgname where pkgname is the relevant package. But you need
to bear in mind that the name assigned to the package may have SUNW
in front of it or may not otherwise be exactly what you expect. E.g., suppose
I want to know whether the zlib package is installed, because
I want to install some other package that lists the zlib software
as a dependency. If I use the command pkginfo zlib, I see the
following:
# pkginfo zlib
ERROR: information for "zlib" was not found
Using pkginfo | grep -i pkgname will likely be better, unless
you are certain of the package name.
# pkginfo | grep -i zlib
system SUNWzlib The Zip compression library
Now I see the package name for the zlib package is SUNWzlib
and I could use that command with the pkginfo command, but
I want see any more information unless I use the -l option to
get a long listing.
# pkginfo SUNWzlib
system SUNWzlib The Zip compression library
# pkginfo -l SUNWzlib
PKGINST: SUNWzlib
NAME: The Zip compression library
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: i386
VERSION: 11.10.0,REV=2005.01.08.01.09
BASEDIR: /
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: The Zip compression library
PSTAMP: sfw10-x20050108014620
INSTDATE: Jul 08 2006 23:00
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 13 installed pathnames
4 shared pathnames
4 directories
2 executables
424 blocks used (approx)
The long listing shows me the version of zlib installed, which
in this case is version 11.10.0. I also see the installation date was
July 8, 2006 at 11:00 P.M.
References:
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Solaris: list installed packages with pkginfo
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