The main issue is you are running a legacy SVR4 packaging command which is only supported to handle legacy packages which sendmail is not.
The supported way to remove a Solaris package under Solaris 11 and newer is:
In that particular case, you would also need to remove the smtp-notify package which depends on sendmail.
You can run this command to see if no other dependency is present on you machine:
Note that the -n tell pkg not to actually remove any package (trial run)
If you are fine with removing sendmail, simply run the command without the -n option.
I'm a newbie to Unix, but am working with some people that are more knowledgable than I, and we're all stumped.
We are working to secure (Information Assurance) a Command & Control System that uses a Solaris 8 Application server. As part of this process, we are attempting to minimize the... (0 Replies)
Hi all,
Is there any option to remove a package without removing the dependent packages....
ie, i need to remove a package, while trying to remove by using pkgrm command it says as some dependent packages also will get removed, i dont want to remove those dependent packages. (1 Reply)
If my system is supposed to be a pure oracle database server can i remove all the GNOME packages from the system ? Currently system is installed with Everything+OEM and i want the image to be as small as possible remove the unnecessary softwares from it so that its a master image for other servers.... (2 Replies)
hey
i need to remove a package has my system will not boot up now.
when i go into failsafe and mount the root onto /a
if i run pkgrm -R /a SUNWvolu it says it does no exist, i een tried to pkginfo -R /a to see if i could see any packages, but it no packages are returned.
as failsafe is... (1 Reply)
Hi,
Need a small help
Bash$> pkginfo | grep -i compress
system SUNWbzip The bzip compression utility
system SUNWgzip The GNU Zip (gzip) compression utility
system SUNWzip The Info-Zip (zip)... (9 Replies)
Is there any way to do this?
Files/directory have been deleted but pkginfo reports the packages still there. Is there any way to clean this out? (2 Replies)
I want to install EMCpower (EMC Powerpath package) in Solaris 11. At most of the places, I can see procedure to install packages which comes with repository.
This is third party tool, I have downloaded it to /var/tmp. How should I install it ?
root@orapdps11 # pkg publisher
PUBLISHER ... (4 Replies)
Hi all,
Does anyone know where you can get solaris 10 packages these days? It seems that sunfreeware have now started charging you to download them, which is good.
I have found opencsw, but that seems to rely on you hooking the machine into the interenet and at the moment I am trying to... (3 Replies)
Does anyone know how to install a package that comes in a p5i file in Solaris 11.4? The first thing the Oracle documentation says is to "launch packagemanager". Well they removed packagemanager from 11.4 (and you can't install it yourself). I want a package from... (7 Replies)
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install-solaris
install-solaris(1M)install-solaris(1M)NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system
SYNOPSIS
install-solaris
install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.
The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:
For SPARC machines:
128 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
128 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
384 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
For x86 machines:
256 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
256 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
512 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea-
tures available.
install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more
details.
install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements.
Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- |
| |lation media) |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)
It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.
23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)