Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Name

pkginfo

Synopsis

pkginfo [options] [pkginst ...]

With no options, display the primary category, package instance and names of all installed packages. With -d, provide information about the packages on the given device. With one or more pkginsts, print information about the named packages.

The pkginst may be a package name, optionally followed by a period and a version number to restrict it to a particular instance. Use .* to specify all instances.

Options

Options -l, -q and -x are mutually exclusive, and -p and -i have no meaning if used with -d.

-a arch

Use arch for the package’s architecture.

-ccategory[,category ...]

Provide information about packages whose CATEGORY parameter in the package’s pkginfo file matches one of the given categories.

-d device

Use device as the source for the package(s) to be described.

-i

Display information only about fully installed packages.

-l

Use long format output, which prints all available information.

-p

Display information only about partially installed packages.

-q

Quiet mode: do not display any information. Useful for scripts which need to check if a package has been installed.

-r

Print the installation base for relocatable packages.

-R root-path

Print information about all files under root-path. This is used on server systems when working with packages for clients.

-v version

Use version as the package version (corresponding to the VERSION parameter in the pkginfo file). All compatible versions can be requested by prefixing version with a ...