What files are installed by this Solaris package?

Published   Read time 1 min 11 sec(s)   (3199 views).  Solaris  

In my previous post I gave an example of how to find a Solaris package that installed a specific file. In this article I give an example of how to find a list of all files installed by a specific package.

Whilst the pkginfo command is useful in Solaris to give a detailed listing of a package, the number of files installed, directories, etc. One thing lacking is that it does not provide a list of the files installed. For example:

# pkginfo -l SUNWapchr
PKGINST: SUNWapchr
NAME: Apache Web Server (root)
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: sparc
VERSION: 11.8.0,REV=2000.01.08.18.12
BASEDIR: /
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: The Apache HTTP server program (root components)
PSTAMP: on28-patch20010802135728
INSTDATE: Oct 26 2001 18:17
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 166 installed pathnames
8 shared pathnames
5 linked files
17 directories
3 executables
407 blocks used (approx)

In the above example, pkginfo informs is that 166 files installed in 17 different directories. But what I really want to see are the actual files/directories installed.

For this, we need to use the pkgchk command to list the contents of the package. For example:

# pkgchk -l SUNWapchr | egrep "(Pathname|Type)"
Pathname: /etc
Type: directory
Pathname: /etc/apache
Type: directory
Pathname: /etc/apache/README.Solaris
Type: regular file
Pathname: /etc/apache/httpd.conf-example
Type: regular file
Pathname: /etc/apache/ssl.crl
Type: directory
Pathname: /etc/apache/ssl.crl/Makefile
Type: regular file
Pathname: /etc/apache/ssl.crl/README.CRL
Type: regular file
[...]