pkginfo Command
Purpose
Displays software package and/or set information.
Syntax
- To Display Information on Installed Packages
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pkginfo [ -q] [ -x | -l] [ -r] [ -p | -i] [ -a Arch] [ -P Path ] [ -v Version] [ -c Category1,[Category2[, . . .]]] [ Pkginst [, Pkginst [, . . .]]] - To Display Information on Packages Contained in the Specified Device
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pkginfo [ -d Device] [ -q] [ -x | -l] [ -a Arch] [ -P Path ] [ -v Version] [ -c Category1 [,Category2[, . . . ]]] [ PkginstPkginst [, Pkginst [, . . . ]]]
Description
pkginfo Displays information about software packages or sets that are installed on the system (as requested in the first synopsis) or that reside on a directory (as requested in the second synopsis). A package is a collection of related files and executable that can be independently installed. A set is made up of a special-purpose package, referred to as a Set Installation Package (SIP), and a collection of one or more packages that are members of the set. The SIP controls the installation of the set.
When run without flags, pkginfo displays one line of information about every installed package (whether installed completely or partially) whose category is not the value "set". The information that is displayed includes the primary category, package instance, and name of the package. For UNIX software packages produced before UNIX System V Release 4, pkginfo displays only the package name and abbreviation.
The -p and -i flags are meaningless if used with the -d flag. The -p and -i flags are mutually exclusive. The -x and -l flags are mutually exclusive.
Flags
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| -q | Enables quite mode - no information is displayed. This flag overrides the -x, -l, -p, and -i flags. (Can be invoked by a program to query whether a package has been installed.) |
| -x | Extracts and displays the following information about the specified package: abbreviation, name, and, if available, architecture and version. |
| -l | Displays a "long format" report (that is, one that includes all available
information) about one or more specified packages. |
| -r | Lists the installation base for the specified package if the package is relocatable. |
| -p | Displays information only for partially installed packages. |
| -i | Displays information only for fully installed packages. |
| -a Arch | Specifies the architecture of the package as Arch. |
| -P Path | Displays information for packages that are installed in the alternative root directory path. |
| -v Version | Specifies the version of the package as Version. All compatible versions
can be requested by preceding the version name with a tilde "~". |
| -c Category . . . | Displays information about packages that belong to this category Category.
(Categories are defined in the category field of the pkginfo file; see the
pkginfo file format for details.) More than one category can be specified in a
comma-separated list. A package is required to belong to only one category, even when multiple
categories are specified. The package-to-category match is not case-sensitive. If the category
specified is |
| Pkginst | Defines a short string that is used to designate an abbreviation for the package or set name.
(The term package instance is used loosely: it refers to all instantiations of
Pkginst, even those that do not include instance identifiers.) To indicate all
instances of a package, specify If Pkginst is a SIP, information about the packages with which the SIP is associated is displayed. |
| -d Device | Displays information from packages or sets that reside on Device.
Device can be the full pathname to a directory (such as
/var/tmp), or "-" which specifies packages in datastream
format read from standard input. The default device is the installation spool directory
(/var/spool/pkg). |
Exit Status
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Successful completion of script. |
| 1 | Fatal error. The installation process is terminated. |
Files
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| /var/spool/pkg | Default spool directory |