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package package_name [[add_delete_switch]]

You can use package with both the initial installation and upgrade options.

package designates whether a package is to be added to or deleted from the software group that is to be installed on the system.

You must specify package_name in the form SUNWname. Use the pkginfo -l command or Admintool (choose Software from the Browse menu) on an installed system to view detailed information about packages and their names.

add_delete_switch represents the option add or delete, which you use to indicate whether to add or delete the specified package. If you do not specify add_delete_switch, add is used by default.

For an upgrade:

• All packages already on the system are automatically upgraded.

• If you specify package_name add, and package_name is not installed on the system, the package is installed.

• If you specify package_name delete, and package_name is installed on the system, the package is deleted before the upgrade begins.

• If you specify package_name delete, and package_name is not installed on the system, the package is not installed if it is part of a cluster that is designated to be installed.