pkginfo

 

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 User Commands                                          pkginfo(1)
 
 
 


NAME
      pkginfo - display software package information
 


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


 


DESCRIPTION

      pkginfo displays information about  software  packages  that
      are  installed  on  the system (with the first synopsis)  or
      that reside on a particular device or  directory  (with  the
      second synopsis).
 
      Without options, pkginfo lists the primary category, package
      instance, and the names of all completely installed and par-
      tially 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.
 
      -a arch
            Specify the architecture of the package as arch.
 
      -c category
            Display packages that match  category. Categories  are
            defined  with the CATEGORY parameter in the pkginfo(4)
            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 direc-
            tory (/var/spool/pkg).
 
      -i    Display information for fully installed packages only.
 
      -l    Specify long  format,  which  includes  all  available
            information about the designated package(s).
 
      -p    Display information for partially  installed  packages
            only.
 
      -q    Do not list any information. Used from  a  program  to
            check  whether or not a package has been installed.
 
      -r    List the installation base for relocatable packages.
 
      -R root_path
            Defines the full path name of a directory  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.
 
      -v version
            Specify the version of the  package  as  version.  The
            version  is  defined with the VERSION parameter in the
            pkginfo(4)  file.  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.
 
      -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).
 


OPERANDS
      pkginst
            A package designation by its instance. An instance can
            be  the  package  abbreviation  or a specific instance
            (for example, inst.1 or inst.2). All  instances  of  a
            package can be requested by inst.*. The asterisk char-
            acter (*) is a special character to  some  shells  and
            may  need  to  be escaped. In the C-Shell, "*" must be
            surrounded by single  quotes  (')  or  preceded  by  a
            backslash (\).
 
 EXIT STATUS
      0     Successful completion.
 
      >0    An error occurred.
 


FILES
      /var/spool/pkg
            default installation spool directory
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      pkgtrans(1), pkgadd(1M), pkgask(1M), pkgchk(1M),  pkgrm(1M),
      pkginfo(4), attributes(5)
 
      Application Packaging Developer's Guide
 

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