pkginfo - display software package information

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SYNOPSIS

pkginfo [ -q | -x | -l ] [ -p | -i ] [ -r ] [ -a arch ] [ -v version ]
          [ -c category1, [ category2 [ , ... ]]] [ pkginst [ , pkginst [ , ... ]]]
pkginfo [ -d device ] [ -R root_path ] [ -q | -x | -l ] [ -a arch ] [ -v version ]
          [ -c category1 , [ category2 [ , ... ]]] [ pkginst [ , pkginst [ , ... ]]]

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

pkginfo displays information about software packages which are installed on the system (with the first synopsis) or which reside on a particular device or directory (with the second synopsis).

pkginst designates a package by its instance. An instance can be the package abbreviation or a specific instance (for example, inst.1 or inst.beta). All instances of package can be requested by inst.*.

Remember that "*" is a special character to some shells and may need to be escaped.

For C-Shell users, the ``*'' character must be surrounded by single quotes ('), or preceded by a backslash ().

Without options, pkginfo lists the primary category, package instance, and the names of all completely installed and partially installed packages. It displays one line for each package selected.

OPTIONS

The -p and -i options are meaningless if used in conjunction with the -d option.

The options -q, -x, and -l are mutually exclusive.

-q

Do not list any information. Used from a program to check whether or not a package has been installed.

-x

Designate an extracted listing of package information. The listing contains the package abbreviation, package name, package architecture (if available) and package version (if available).

-l

Specify long format, which includes all available information about the designated package(s).

-p

Display information for partially installed packages only.

-i

Display information for fully installed packages only.

-r

List the installation base for relocatable packages.

-a arch

Specify the architecture of the package as arch.

-v version

Specify the version of the package as version. All compatible versions can be requested by preceding the version name with a tilde (~). Multiple white spaces are replaced with a single white space during version comparison.

-c category

Display packages that match the category category. Categories are defined in the category field of the pkginfo file. If more than one category is supplied, the package needs to match only one category in the list. The match is not case specific.

-d device

Defines a device, device, on which the software resides. device can be an absolute directory pathname or the identifiers for tape, floppy disk, removable disk, and so forth. The special token spool may be used to indicate the default installation spool directory (/var/spool/pkg).

-R root_path

Defines the full path name of a subdirectory to use as the root_path. All files, including package system information files, are relocated to a directory tree starting in the specified root_path.

SEE ALSO

Created by unroff & hp-tools. © by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).

Last modified 21/April/97