Determining Your Starting Point

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The steps necessary to update your system differ depending on which repository you are using and on which version of the OS you are running. The following procedure helps you identify your starting point. The examples show ouput from various Oracle Solaris 11 release versions.

How to Determine Your Starting Point

Identify which repository is in use by checking the package publisher definition.
If you are using an internal repository, then use a URL that identifies the local repository. In this example, the Oracle Solaris support repository is the configured package source.
```
$ pkg publisher
PUBLISHER         TYPE     STATUS URI
solaris           origin   online https://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/support/
```
For a system without a support contract and using the Oracle Solaris release repository, the output would look like:
```
$ pkg publisher
PUBLISHER         TYPE     STATUS URI
solaris           origin   online http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/
```
Identify the OS that the system is running.
Use the uname command to display basic information about the system.

In this example, Oracle Solaris 11.1 is the installed OS.
```
$ uname -a
SunOS solaris 5.11 11.1 sun4v sparc SUNW,T5240
```

Verify which SRU your system is running by displaying the pkg:/entire version.
- 175.1 indicates Oracle Solaris 11.1
- 18.0.4 indicates SRU 18.4.
```
$ pkg list entire
NAME (PUBLISHER)                                  VERSION                    IFO
entire                                            0.5.11-0.175.1.18.0.4.0    i--
```
For the full FMRI, use the –v option:
```
$ pkg list -v entire
FMRI                                                                         IFO
pkg://solaris/entire@0.5.11,5.11-0.175.1.18.0.4.0:20140401T195803Z           i--
```
For more information about how to display package and license info, see Chapter 2, Getting Information About Software Packages in Adding and Updating Software in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

Example 1 Package Information Displayed for Oracle Solaris 11.1 Without SRUs

If your system has Oracle Solaris 11.1 installed without any SRUs, the package information looks like the following:

$ pkg list entire
NAME (PUBLISHER)                                  VERSION                    IFO
entire                                            0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.2    i--

Example 2 Package Information Displayed for Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 With an SRU

If your system has Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 installed with an SRU, the package information looks like the following. In this example, Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 SRU 10.5 is installed.

$ pkg list entire
NAME (PUBLISHER)                                  VERSION                    IFO
entire                                            0.5.11-0.175.0.10.0.5.0    i--

Example 3 Package Information Displayed for Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 Without SRUs

If your system has Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 installed without any SRUs, the package information looks like the following:

$ pkg list entire
NAME (PUBLISHER)                                  VERSION                    IFO
entire                                            0.5.11-0.175.0.0.0.2.0    i--