System Administration Commands pkgrm(1M)
NAME
pkgrm - remove a package from the system
SYNOPSIS
pkgrm [-nv] [-a admin] [ [-A | -M] -R root_path]
[-V fs_file]
[pkginst... | -Y category[,category...]]
pkgrm -s spool
[pkginst... | -Y category[,category...]]
DESCRIPTION
pkgrm will remove a previously installed or partially
installed package from the system. A check is made to deter-
mine if any other packages depend on the one being removed. If a dependency exists, the action taken is defined in the admin file. The default state for the command is in interactive mode, meaning that prompt messages are given during processing to allow the administrator to confirm the actions being taken.Non-interactive mode can be requested with the -n option.
The -s option can be used to specify the directory from
which spooled packages should be removed.Certain unbundled and third-party packages are no longer
entirely compatible with the latest version of pkgrm. These
packages require user interaction throughout the removal and not just at the very beginning. To remove these older packages (released prior to Solaris 2.4), set the following environmentvariable:NONABI_SCRIPTS=TRUE pkgrm permits keyboard interac-
tion throughout the removal as long as this environment variable is set. OPTIONS The following options are supported:-a admin
Use the installation administration file, admin, inplace of the default admin file. pkgrm first looks in
the current working directory for the administration file. If the specified administration file is not in theSunOS 5.11 Last change: 30 Oct 2007 1
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current working directory, pkgrm looks in the
/var/sadm/install/admin directory for the administration file.-A
Remove the package files from the client's file system, absolutely. If a file is shared with other packages, the default behavior is to not remove the file from the client's file system.-M
Instruct pkgrm not to use the $root_path/etc/vfstab file
for determining the client's mount points. This option assumes the mount points are correct on the server and it behaves consistently with Solaris 2.5 and earlier releases.-n
Non-interactive mode. If there is a need for interac-
tion, the command will exit. Use of this option requires that at least one packageinstance be named upon invocation of the command. Cer-
tain conditions must exist for a package to be removednon-interactively or a non-restrictive admin file needs
to be used.-R root_path
Defines the full path name of a directory to use as theroot_path. All files, including package system informa-
tion files, are relocated to a directory tree startingin the specified root_path.
Note -
The root file system of any non-global zones must not
be referenced with the -R option. Doing so might dam-
age the global zone's file system, might compromise the security of the global zone, and might damage thenon-global zone's file system. See zones(5).
-s spool
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Remove the specified package(s) from the directory spool. The default directory for spooled packages is /var/sadm/pkg.-v
Trace all of the scripts that get executed by pkgrm,
located in the pkginst/install directory. This option isused for debugging the procedural and non-procedural
scripts.-V fs_file
Specify an alternative fs_file to map the client's file
systems. Used in situations where the$root_path/etc/vfstab file is non-existent or unreli-
able.-Y category
Remove packages based on the value of the CATEGORY parameter stored in the installed or spooled package's pkginfo(4) file. No package with the CATEGORY value of system can removed from the file system with this option. OPERANDS The following operand is supported: pkginst Specifies the package to be removed. The formatpkginst.* can be used to remove all instances of a pack-
age. The asterisk character (*) is a special character tosome shells and may need to be escaped. In the C-Shell,
"*" must be surrounded by single quotes (') or preceded by a backslash (\).EXAMPLES
Example 1 Removing All Instances of SUNWjunk from client1 The following example removes all instances of SUNWjunk from client1:SunOS 5.11 Last change: 30 Oct 2007 3
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example% pkgrm -R /export/root/client1 SUNWjunk*
Note the caveat on the use of the -R option in the descrip-
tion of that option, above. EXIT STATUS The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion. 1 Fatal error. 2 Warning. 3 Interruption. 4 Administration. 10 Reboot after removal of all packages. 20 Reboot after removal of this package.ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
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| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWcs ||_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
pkginfo(1), pkgmk(1), pkgparam(1), pkgproto(1), pkgtrans(1), installf(1M), pkgadd(1M), pkgask(1M), pkgchk(1M),removef(1M), admin(4), pkginfo(4), attributes(5), large-
file(5) NOTESPackage 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.SunOS 5.11 Last change: 30 Oct 2007 5