Image Packaging System (IPS) Packages

This document discusses SVR4 packages. For delivery into the OpenSolaris operating environment, consider using Image Packaging System (IPS) packages. OpenSolaris supports both SVR4 and IPS packages. The IPS software interacts with network repositories and uses the ZFS file system. In the OpenSolaris environment, you can publish existing SVR4 packages to an IPS repository with the pkgsend(1) command.

The following table contains a comparison of commands for the SVR4 packaging system and the IPS packaging system. For detailed information on IPS, see Getting Started With the Image Packaging System.

Table 1-1 Packaging Tasks: IPS and SVR4

Task	IPS command	SVR4 command
Install a new package	`pkg install`	`pkgadd -a`
Display information about a package's state	`pkg list`	`pkginfo`
Verify correct installation of a package	`pkg verify`	`pkgchk -v`
Display information about a package	`pkg info`	`pkginfo -l`
Listing the contents of a package	`pkg contents`	`pkgchk -l`
Uninstall a package	`pkg uninstall`	`pkgrm`