SCSA10-1 Objective 2.8 - Solaris 10 package and patch management
Most formal applications for Solaris are delivered in one or more packages. In fact, all of the software that makes up the Solaris operating environment is installed in packages. Once installed, software packages can be updated with fixes or upgrades with patches.
Perform Solaris 10 OS package administration using command-line interface commands and manage software patches for the Solaris OS, including preparing for patch administration, and installing and removing patches using the patchadd and patchrm commands.
The use of packages and patches simplifies application management by providing a standard mechanism for installing, identifying, and removing software and patches. Solaris packages are typically named with capital letters first indicating the vendor followed by lower case letters describing the specific package. For example, SUNWapchr is the Sun bundled version of the Apache web server.
Below are common tasks involving patch management:
- Install a directory-based package
- Install a datastream package
- List installed packages with pkginfo
- List detailed information about a package with pkginfo
- Identify which package a file belongs to
- Remove a package
A similar set of tasks for patches: