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Old 12-26-2011
Question Solaris packages and installation query
Hi,

Need a small help

Code:
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) compression utility
system      SUNWzlib                         The Zip compression library

I want to use the bold bzip utility.However, how can we find where the package bzip is installed and how can we trace it ?

Second query bieng

Code:
Bash$> pkginfo | grep -i pfiles

does not show any output which means there is no package of pfiles installed on this unix box however when i do

Code:
Bash$> pfiles
usage:  pfiles [-F] pid ...
(report open files of each process)
-F: force grabbing of the target process

it shows that pfiles is installed and functional. Can u please brief me about both the concerns.
# 2  
Old 12-26-2011
the package which includes the commando "pfiles" does not include the word "pfiles" in the pgkinfo output. i think pkgchk -l -p /path/to/command will give you the packagename of the command... which is SUNWesu for the pfiles command!
# 3  
Old 12-26-2011
Error
This tries to answer only one of the two questions asked. Also,

Code:
/usr/sbin/pkgchk -l -p pfiles
NOTE: Couldn't lock the package database.

Is the above what you asked me to check for ?

Fyi ...
Code:
uname -a
SunOS mymachine 5.10 Generic_144488-07 sun4v sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5220

Kindly help.
# 4  
Old 12-26-2011
you have to enter the FULL path to the command...
# 5  
Old 12-26-2011
Error
Quote:
Originally Posted by DukeNuke2
you have to enter the FULL path to the command...
My initail post states the same query. How to i find the path to a package that was installed. I don't have any answer on the same. These boxes we setup a few year before i had access to them. Also, I am not a unix SA so i would not know.

Kindly help.
# 6  
Old 12-26-2011
Code:
which pfiles

should help you to find the path to a command... a package doesn't have a path. a package contains files which will be copied to the filesystem...
# 7  
Old 12-26-2011
Error
I am still awaiting answer to "Where can i find the bzip" package install path as posted in the initial post of mine?

Quote:
Originally Posted by DukeNuke2
Code:
which pfiles

should help you to find the path to a command... a package doesn't have a path. a package contains files which will be copied to the filesystem...
Here is the output

Code:
 
bash$> which pfiles
/usr/bin/pfiles
bash$> /usr/sbin/pkgchk -l -p /usr/bin/pfiles
NOTE: Couldn't lock the package database.
Pathname: /usr/bin/pfiles
Type: linked file
Source of link: ../../usr/lib/isaexec
Referenced by the following packages:
        SUNWesu
Current status: installed

This helps. However the question regarding say "wget". How can I confirm if it is instaled on my system or not?

Code:
 
which

will only work when we have set that tool in the system path. What if it is not set in the system path ?
Last edited by mohtashims; 12-27-2011 at 05:11 AM..
 
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