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# 1  
Old 09-17-2011
Question Command to list or view the files in .pkg (solaris) and how to extract without installing
In Linux for .rpm

we can list or view the files using the command

rpm -qpl <file.rpm>

and to extract, the command is

rpm2cpio <file.rpm> | cpio -idvh

I would like to know the commands which has same functionality as above for solaris ( .pkg)

Thanks in Advance
# 2  
Old 09-17-2011
List pkgs
Code:
$ pkginfo

There is no specific way to extract files from pkgs you can search for some tool like rpm2cpio that is compatible with Solaris packaging system.

or you can use the native command pkgtrans

Code:
$ pkgtrans pkg /SOMEDIR

# 3  
Old 09-19-2011
Hi

The command pkginfo is to list the files for the installed package. I am looking for the command to list the files in NON Installed package.

For example:- I would like to see the files in the package abc-sol10x_9.11.pkg without installing it. I could do it for rpm using rpm -qpl file_name but I am not sure for .pkg

Thanks
Last edited by frintocf; 09-19-2011 at 03:17 AM.. Reason: Correction
# 4  
Old 09-19-2011
pkginfo -p list installed packages
but not as rpm -qpl

Code:
$pkginfo

Quote:
-p

Display information for partially installed packages
only.
# 5  
Old 09-19-2011
If you have rpm distro or some else Linux than you can convert Solaris package to rpm package.

Quote:
alien is a program that converts between Red Hat rpm, Debian deb, Stampede slp, Slackware tgz, and Solaris pkg file formats. If you want to use a package from another linux distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and install it. It also supports LSB packages
Now input looks

Code:
sudo alien -r input.pkg

But problem is you need SVR4 tools to manipulate this data, you can use this tools to get SVR4 tools The Heirloom Packaging Tools: pkgadd, pkgmk, etc.

Once you get rpm you can extract all data from converted packge using rpm2cpio command

Code:
rpm2cpio convertedPKG.rpm | cpio -idmv

# 6  
Old 09-19-2011
That's overkill. Just extract the pkginfo and pkgmap information from the package datastream to a temporary directory and you'll get the package files and more information there. For example (using a compressed package):
Code:
pkgtrans -i <(gunzip < somepackage.pkg.gz) /tmp/foo/ all
less $(find /tmp/foo -type f)

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