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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference
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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference

by Janice Winsor
September 2000
Beginner content levelBeginner
1312 pages
33h 47m
English
Pearson
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pkgrm — Remove a Package from the System

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/pkgrm [-nv][-a admin][[-A | -M] -R root-path][-V fs-file]
  [pkginst...]
/usr/sbin/pkgrm -s spool [pkginst...]

Description

Use the pkgrm command to remove a previously installed or partially installed package from the system. A check is made to determine if any other packages depend on the one being removed. If a dependency exists, the action taken is defined in the admin file.

The default state for the command is interactive mode, meaning that prompt messages are given during processing to enable you to confirm the actions being taken. You can request noninteractive mode with the -n option.

You can use the -s option to specify the directory from which to remove spooled packages.

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