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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   pack-
         age  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 indi-
         cate   the   default   installation   spool    directory



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         (/var/spool/pkg).


     -i

         Display information for fully installed packages only.


     -l

         Specify long format, which includes all available infor-
         mation 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 informa-
         tion files, are relocated to a directory  tree  starting
         in the specified root_path.


     -v version

         Specify the version of the package as version. The  ver-
         sion  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.



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         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 character (*)
         is a special character to some shells and may need to be
         escaped.  In the C-Shell, "*" must be surrounded by sin-
         gle 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:



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    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcs                      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     pkgtrans(1), pkgadd(1M), pkgask(1M), pkgchk(1M),  pkgrm(1M),
     pkginfo(4), attributes(5), largefile(5)





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     Application Packaging Developer's Guide

NOTES
     Package commands are largefile(5)-aware. They  handle  files
     larger  than 2 GB in the same way they handle smaller files.
     In their current  implementations,  pkgadd(1M),  pkgtrans(1)
     and  other  package commands can process a datastream of  up
     to 4 GB.















































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