要显示关于软件包的信息，请参阅以下示例：不需要任何特权来显示关于软件包的信息。
列出系统中当前已安装的软件包：
$ pkg list | more
确定当前映像中是否已安装特定的软件包，且是否有更新可用。
$ pkg list amp pkg list: no packages matching 'amp' installed
显示关于未安装的软件包的更多信息。使用 –r 选项查询软件包系统信息库的过程如下：
$ pkg info -r amp
Name: amp
Summary:
State: Not installed (Renamed)
Renamed to: web/amp@0.5.11-0.133
consolidation/sfw/sfw-incorporation
Publisher: solaris
Version: 0.5.11
Branch: 0.133
Packaging Date: Wed Oct 27 18:31:05 2010
Size: 0.00 B
FMRI: pkg://solaris/amp@0.5.11-0.133:20101027T183105Z
Name: group/feature/amp
Summary: AMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) Deployment Kit for Oracle Solaris
Description: Provides a set of components for deployment of an AMP (Apache,
MySQL, PHP) stack on Oracle Solaris
Category: Meta Packages/Group Packages (org.opensolaris.category.2008)
Web Services/Application and Web Servers (org.opensolaris.category.2008)
State: Not installed
Publisher: solaris
Version: 5.12
Branch: 5.12.0.0.0.48.0
Packaging Date: Mon May 19 05:51:22 2014
Size: 5.46 kB
FMRI: pkg://solaris/group/feature/amp@5.12-5.12.0.0.0.48.0:20140519T055122Z
Name: web/amp
Summary:
State: Not installed (Renamed)
Renamed to: group/feature/amp@0.5.11-0.174.0.0.0.0.0
consolidation/ips/ips-incorporation
Publisher: solaris
Version: 0.5.11
Branch: 0.174.0.0.0.0.0
Packaging Date: Wed Sep 21 19:15:02 2011
Size: 5.45 kB
FMRI: pkg://solaris/web/amp@0.5.11-0.174.0.0.0.0.0:20110921T191502Z如果知道要安装的工具的名称，但不知道软件包的名称，则使用以下方法之一运行 search 子命令：
$ pkg search /usr/bin/emacs INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE path file usr/bin/emacs pkg:/editor/gnu-emacs@24.3-5.12.0.0.0.42.0
$ pkg search file::emacs INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE basename file usr/bin/emacs pkg:/editor/gnu-emacs@24.3-5.12.0.0.0.42.0