Become superuser.
Add the patch or patches.
# patchadd patch-ID-revision |
Verify that the patch was added successfully.
# patchadd -p | grep patch-ID-revision |
In the following example, the Solaris 8 patch, 111879–01, is added to the system. The patch had already been downloaded to the system previously.
# patchadd /export/Sol8patch/111879-01 Checking installed patches... Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)... Installing patch packages... Patch number 111879-01 has been successfully installed. See /var/sadm/patch/111879-01/log for details Patch packages installed: SUNWwsr # patchadd -p | grep 111879-01 Patch: 111879-01 Obsoletes: Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWwsr |