System Administration Guide

How to Display Detailed Information About a Package

List information about installed packages with the pkginfo -l command.

$ pkginfo -l pkgid ...

`-l`	Specifies to display output in long format, which includes all available information about the package.
`pkgid`	(Optional) Is the name of one or more packages (separated by spaces). If omitted, `pkginfo` displays information about all available packages.

Example--Displaying Detailed Information About a Package

$ pkginfo -l SUNWcar
   PKGINST:    SUNWcar
      NAME:  Core Architecture, (Root)
  CATEGORY:  system
      ARCH:  sparc.sun4u
   VERSION:  11.5.1,REV=96.12.13.17.59
   BASEDIR:  /
    VENDOR:  Sun Microsystems, Inc.
      DESC:  core software for a specific hardware platform group
    PSTAMP:  on297961213180424
  INSTDATE:  Jan 02 1997 11:42
   HOTLINE:  Please contact your local service provider
    STATUS:  completely installed
     FILES:     54 installed pathnames
                 5 shared pathnames
                15 directories
                32 executables
              6243 blocks used (approx)