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 that are installed
     on the system (as requested in the first synopsis) or that reside on a
     particular device or directory (as requested in the second synopsis).
     When run without options, pkginfo displays one line of information about
     every installed package (whether installed completely or partially).  The
     information displayed includes the primary category, package instance,
     and name of the package.  For a package produced before System V Release
     4, pkginfo displays only the package name and abbreviation.

     The -p and -i options are meaningless if used in conjunction with the -d
     option.  The -q, -x, and -l options are mutually exclusive.

     The options for this command are:

     -q        Do not list any information, but check (that is, query) from
               within a program whether or not a package has been installed.

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

     -l        Display a long format listing of package information, including
               all available information about the designated package(s).

     -p        Display information only for partially installed packages.

     -i        Display information only for fully installed packages.

     -a arch   Specify the architecture of the package as arch.

     -v version
               Specify 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 cat    Select packages to be displayed on the basis of category
               category.  (Categories are defined in the category field of the
               pkginfo file; see pkginfo(4) for details.) If more than one
               category is supplied, the package can match no more than one of
               the list of categories.  The match is not case specific.

     pkginst   Designate a package by its instance.  An instance can be a
               package abbreviation or a specific instance (for example,
               inst.1 or inst.beta).  All instances of a 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 dev    Define dev as the device on which the software resides.  dev
               can be a full pathname to a directory or the identifiers for
               tape, floppy disk, removable disk, and so on.  Use the special
               token ``spool'' to represent the default installation spool
               directory.

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

     Creating the file /var/inst/.nopkg will cause pkginfo to ignore the
     inst(1M) database.

FILES
     /var/inst/.nopkg

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