System Administration Guide, Volume I

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.sun4m
   VERSION:  11.6.0,REV=1998.05.06.20.36
   BASEDIR:  /
    VENDOR:  Sun Microsystems, Inc.
      DESC:  core software for a specific hardware platform group
    PSTAMP:  on99819980507193137
  INSTDATE:  Jun 02 1998 11:43
   HOTLINE:  Please contact your local service provider
    STATUS:  completely installed
     FILES:     48 installed pathnames
                 5 shared pathnames
                 7 directories
                20 executables
              3299 blocks used (approx)