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System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

How to Remove Software Packages (pkgrm)

  1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

  2. Remove an installed package.


    # pkgrm pkgid ...

    pkgid identifies the name of one or more packages (separated by spaces) to be removed. If omitted, pkgrm removes all available packages.

Example—Removing Software Packages

This example shows how to remove a package.


# pkgrm SUNWctu

The following package is currently installed:
   SUNWctu         Netra ct usr/platform links (64-bit)
                   (sparc.sun4u) 11.9.0,REV=2001.07.24.15.53

Do you want to remove this package? y

## Removing installed package instance <SUNWctu>
## Verifying package dependencies.
## Processing package information.
## Removing pathnames in class <none>
.
.
.

Example—Removing a Spooled Software Package

This example shows how to remove a spooled package.


# pkgrm -s /export/pkg SUNWdmfex.u
The following package is currently spooled:
   SUNWdmfex.u           Sun Davicom 10/100Mb Ethernet Driver (64-bit)
                         (sparc.sun4u) 11.9.0,REV=2001.07.24.15.53

Do you want to remove this package? y

Removing spooled package instance <SUNWdmfex.u>