Many of the commands shown in this chapter and in Configuring Installed Images have an -n option that enables you to see what the command will do without making any changes to the image.
The following example shows information about a package installation that is not actually performed:
$ pkg install -nv oracle-rdbms-server-18c-preinstall
Packages to install: 4
Services to change: 1
Estimated space available: 852.48 GB
Estimated space to be consumed: 456.23 MB
Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: No
Rebuild boot archive: No
Changed packages:
solaris
group/prerequisite/oracle/oracle-rdbms-server-18c-preinstall
None -> 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.10.0
system/kernel/oracka
None -> 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.10.1
x11/diagnostic/x11-info-clients
None -> 7.7-11.4.0.0.1.10.0
x11/library/libdmx
None -> 1.1.3-11.4.0.0.1.10.0
Services:
refresh_fmri:
svc:/network/socket-config:default
This output indicates that this installation operation will be done in the current BE and not in a new BE, and a backup of this the current BE will not be created. You could specify options or image properties to require a new BE or a backup BE.
The “Changed packages” section shows that the group package listed on the command line would be installed, and three other packages would be installed. The output shows which version of each package would be installed. The token None indicates that these packages are not currently installed and therefore are not being updated.
The oracle-rdbms-server-18c-preinstall package has more than three dependencies:
$ pkg contents -rt depend oracle-rdbms-server-18c-preinstall TYPE FMRI group system/header group system/kernel/oracka group system/picl group x11/diagnostic/x11-info-clients group x11/library/libxi group x11/library/libxtst group x11/session/xauth require compress/unzip require developer/assembler require developer/build/make require system/dtrace require system/library/openmp
The following command shows that ten of the twelve dependencies are already installed in this image:
$ pkg list `pkg contents -Hro fmri -t depend oracle-rdbms-server-18c-preinstall` NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO compress/unzip 6.0.3.23-11.4.0.0.1.10.0 i-- developer/assembler 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.4.0 i-- developer/build/make 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.4.0 i-- system/dtrace 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.10.1 i-- system/header 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.10.1 i-- system/library/openmp 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.4.0 i-- system/picl 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.10.1 i-- x11/library/libxi 1.7.9-11.4.0.0.1.10.0 i-- x11/library/libxtst 1.2.3-11.4.0.0.1.10.0 i-- x11/session/xauth 1.0.10-11.4.0.0.1.10.0 i-- pkg list: no packages matching the following patterns are installed: system/kernel/oracka x11/diagnostic/x11-info-clients
In addition to the two direct dependencies of oracle-rdbms-server-18c-preinstall that must be installed, the x11/library/libdmx package is installed because it is a required dependency of the x11-info-clients package, as shown by the following command:
$ pkg search -o type,pkg.name :depend:group:x11/library/libdmx OR :depend:require:x11/library/libdmx TYPE PKG.NAME require x11/diagnostic/x11-info-clients require x11/server/xdmx require developer/opensolaris/userland
The following command produces a large amount of output because so many packages would be affected. Setting this facet would install all localized content for all packages. Running this preview command might change how you decide to schedule this operation or whether you decide to add fewer new locales. This output shows that a new BE would not be created by default, but a backup BE would be created.
$ pkg change-facet -nv 'facet.locale.*=true'
Packages to change: 130
Variants/Facets to change: 1
Estimated space available: 22.70 GB
Estimated space to be consumed: 3.45 GB
Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: Yes
Rebuild boot archive: No
Changed variants/facets:
facet locale.* (local): False -> True
Changed packages:
solaris
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