Remove a Solaris Package with pkgrm
Posted November 28, 2005 by Quinn McHenry in Solaris system administration
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Most software provided for a Solaris system comes in a package. Removing an installed package is easy, but any command associated with “removing” is worth your attention.
To remove the installed package SUNWtchrx from a system, run this command as root:
pkgrm SUNWtchrx
You may be asked for confirmation before proceeding. One benefit of using packages is that Solaris keeps up with what files are shared by packages. Removing a package consisting of files shared among other installed packages will not remove the shared files.
About Quinn McHenry
Quinn was one of the original co-founders of Tech-Recipes. He is currently crafting iOS applications as a senior developer at Small Planet Digital in Brooklyn, New York.
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