pkginfo(1)            UNIX System V(Essential Utilities)             pkginfo(1)


NAME
      pkginfo - display software package information

SYNOPSIS
      pkginfo [-q|x|l] [-p|i] [-a arch] [-v version]
           [-c category1,[category2[, . . . ]]] [pkginst[,pkginst[, . . . ]]]
      pkginfo [-d device [-q|x|l] [-a arch] [-v version]
           [-c category1,[category2[, . . . ]]] [pkginst[,pkginst[, . . . ]]]

DESCRIPTION
      pkginfo displays information about software packages which are installed
      on the system (with the first synopsis) or which reside on a particular
      device or directory (with the second synopsis).  Only the package name
      and abbreviation for pre-System V Release 4 packages will be included in
      the display.

      The options for this command are:

      -q        Does not list any information, but can be used from a program
                to check (that is, query) whether or not a package has been
                installed.

      -x        Designates an extracted listing of package information.  It
                contains the package abbreviation, package name, package
                architecture (if available) and package version (if available).

      -l        Designates long format, which includes all available
                information about the designated package(s).

      -p        Designates that information should be presented only for
                partially installed packages.

      -i        Designates that information should be presented only for fully
                installed packages.

      -a        Specifies the architecture of the package as arch.

      -v        Specifies the version of the package as version.  All
                compatible versions can be requested by preceding the version
                name with a tilde (~).  The list produced by -v will include
                pre-Release 4 packages (with which no version numbers are
                associated).  Multiple white spaces are replaced with a single
                space during version comparison.

      -c        Selects packages to be display based on the category category.
                (Categories are defined in the category field of the pkginfo
                file.) If more than one category is supplied, the package must
                only match one of the list of categories.  The match is not
                case specific.





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      pkginst   Designates a package by its instance.  An instance can be the
                package abbreviation or a specific instance (for example,
                inst.1 or inst.beta).  All instances of package can be
                requested by inst.*.  When using this format, enclose the
                command line in single quotes to prevent the shell from
                interpreting the * character.

      -d        Defines a device, device, on which the software resides.
                device can be a full pathname to a directory or the identifiers
                for tape, floppy disk, removable disk, and so on.  The special
                token ``spool'' may be used to indicate the default
                installation spool directory.

NOTES
      Without options, pkginfo lists the primary category, package instance,
      and name of all completely installed and partially installed packages.
      One line per package selected is produced.

      The -p and -i options are meaningless if used in conjunction with the -d
      option.

      The options -q, -x, and -l are mutually exclusive.

      pkginfo cannot tell if a pre-Release 4 package is only partially
      installed.  It is assumed that all pre-Release 4 packages are fully
      installed.

SEE ALSO
      pkgadd(1M), pkgask(1M), pkgchk(1M), pkgrm(1M), pkgtrans(1).

























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