Installation guide

CHAPTER 8
Adding and Removing Packages
This module describes how to add software packages to a system from the Solaris
CD or another product CD, and how to remove software packages from a system.
There are two methods for performing these tasks, from the command line and from
a graphical user interface, Admintool.
For more information on adding and removing software packages on client systems
in a variety of computing environments, see the Solaris 2.6 System Administration
Guide.
This is a list of the step-by-step instructions in this chapter.
“How to Add Packages With the pkgadd Command” on page 8–1”
“How to Remove Packages With the pkgrm Command” on page 8–3”
“How to Add Packages With Admintool” on page 8–4”
“How to Remove Packages With Admintool” on page 8–6”
Adding and Removing Packages Using
Commands
This section describes how to add and remove packages using commands at the
command line.
How to Add Packages With the pkgadd
Command
1. Log in to the installed system and become root.
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