Solaris Package Management Cheat Sheet

packageBasic Solaris Package Management Commands

Show description about a package

pkginfo -l <pkg>

Install a package

pkgadd -d <pkg-file>

Remove a package

pkgrm <pkg>

Find package which owns a file

pkgchk -l -p <file>

List files installed by a package

pkgchk -l <pkg>|awk '/^Pathname/ {print $2}'

List files in package file

pkgchk -l -d <pkg-file>|awk '/^Pathname/ {print $2}'

List all installed packages

pkginfo

Verify integrity of installed files from a package

pkgchk <pkg>

Verify integrity of install files from all packages

pkginfo|awk '{print $2}'|xargs pkgchk

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