pkginfo(1)                                                         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 par-
       ticular device or directory (with the second synopsis).

       Without options, pkginfo lists the primary category, package instance, and the names of all completely installed  and  partially  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 installa-
                       tion spool directory (/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 character (*) 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 attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      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

SunOS 5.10                                                          6 Nov 2000                                                          pkginfo(1)