Help using pkgrm to remove Firefox 3 Beta 3 from OpenSolaris

Reisswolf · 07-06-2008, 12:10 PM

Hi,

I ran ¨pkgadd -d ./firefox-3.0.en-US.opensolaris-i386-pkg.bz2¨ to install Firefox 3 Beta 3 in /opt/sfw/bin. Now I would like to remove it before installing Firefox 3.0. But pkgrm is not working for me.

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pkgrm -R /opt/sfw/bin/firefox
pkgrm: ERROR: bad device </opt/sfw/bin/firefox/var/sadm/pkg> specified
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I have read the man page, search on Google, and tried many other combinations, but I keep getting a similar sort of error. Can someone please help me?

Thanks in advance for your help.

jlliagre · 07-06-2008, 07:19 PM

The pkgrm command expects a package name, not a filename.

To get the package name, use:

Code:

# pkginfo -d ./firefox-3.0.en-US.opensolaris-i386-pkg

Then, assuming MOZfirefox is the returned name, run that command to remove the package:

Code:

# pkgrm MOZfirefox

Reisswolf · 07-06-2008, 10:37 PM

Awesome! Thanks a lot, jlliagre. That worked perfectly.