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System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

ProcedureHow to Remove Software Packages (pkgrm)

  1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

    Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

  2. Remove an installed package.


    # pkgrm pkgid ...

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

Example 20–19 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>
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.
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Example 20–20 Removing a Spooled Software Package

This example shows how to remove a spooled package.


# pkgrm -s /export/pkg SUNWaudh
The following package is currently spooled:
   SUNWaudh        Audio Header Files
                   (sparc) 11.10.0,REV=2003.08.08.00.03
Do you want to remove this package? y
Removing spooled package instance <SUNWaudh>