Under Solaris 10, package administration was carried out using the following commands:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| pkginfo | Displays information about a package or packages |
| pkgadd | Installs a package |
| pkgchk | Checks package installation accuracy |
| pkgrm | Uninstalls a package |
These commands are still available under Solaris 11.
Although still present as shown above, use of the Solaris 10 package management commands has been replaced in Solaris 11 by the Solaris Image Packaging System.
Solaris 11 uses the new Image Packaging System technology combined with the Service Management Facility ( SMF ), the Zettabyte File System ( ZFS ) technologies to greatly simplify both package management and patch management.
The IPS pkg command and its subcommands work much like their Linux counterparts yum, apt-get and zypper, relying on a repository which contains available packages.
The pkg subcommands are as follows:
| Subcommand | Description |
|---|---|
| publisher | Lists current and disabled repositories “published” by publishers |
| set-publisher | Adds a publisher |
| unset-publisher | Removes a publisher |
| list | Lists installed packages |
| search | Searches for a package in the system's active publishers and returns the first match found |
| install | Installs/Updates packages |
| uninstall | Uninstalls packages |
| refresh | Updates the cached list of available packages |
| update | Updates all or certain packages to their latest versions |
| info | Displays information about packages |
| contents | Displays files installed by a package |
| verify | Validates the installation and digital signature packages |
| history | Displays the pkg history |
| help | Lists the above and advanced subcommands and their switches |
Firstly, check which publishers are installed on the system:
root@solaris:~# pkg publisher PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS P LOCATION solaris origin online F http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/
You can display additional information about a publisher as follows:
root@solaris:~# pkg publisher solaris
Publisher: solaris
Alias:
Origin URI: http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/
SSL Key: None
SSL Cert: None
Client UUID: ddee2130-0292-11e2-b9e5-80144f013e20
Catalog Updated: October 16, 2012 09:25:04 PM
Enabled: Yes
Now add the OpenIndiana publisher:
root@solaris:~# pkg set-publisher -g http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe sfe root@solaris:~# pkg publisher PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS P LOCATION solaris origin online F http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ sfe origin online F http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe/
To understand the use of the -g switch, use the built-in help function:
root@solaris:~# pkg help set-publisher
Usage:
pkg set-publisher [-Ped] [-k ssl_key] [-c ssl_cert]
[-g origin_to_add|--add-origin=origin_to_add ...]
[-G origin_to_remove|--remove-origin=origin_to_remove ...]
[-m mirror_to_add|--add-mirror=mirror_to_add ...]
[-M mirror_to_remove|--remove-mirror=mirror_to_remove ...]
[-p repo_uri] [--enable] [--disable] [--no-refresh]
[--reset-uuid] [--non-sticky] [--sticky]
[--search-after=publisher]
[--search-before=publisher]
[--search-first]
[--approve-ca-cert=path_to_CA]
[--revoke-ca-cert=hash_of_CA_to_revoke]
[--unset-ca-cert=hash_of_CA_to_unset]
[--set-property name_of_property=value]
[--add-property-value name_of_property=value_to_add]
[--remove-property-value name_of_property=value_to_remove]
[--unset-property name_of_property_to_delete]
[--proxy proxy to use]
[publisher]
Display additional information about the publisher:
root@solaris:~# pkg publisher sfe
Publisher: sfe
Alias:
Origin URI: http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe/
SSL Key: None
SSL Cert: None
Client UUID: e873ddf6-3fba-11e2-8b21-880027ed6b01
Catalog Updated: December 5, 2012 08:40:30 PM
Enabled: Yes
Now remove the OpenIndiana publisher:
root@solaris:~# pkg unset-publisher sfe root@solaris:~# pkg publisher PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS P LOCATION solaris origin online F http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/
List all available packages on the system:
root@solaris:~# pkg list | more NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO archiver/gnu-tar 1.26-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- audio/audio-utilities 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.2 i-- codec/flac 1.2.1-0.175.0.0.0.0.0 i-- codec/libtheora 1.1.1-0.175.1.0.0.15.0 i-- codec/ogg-vorbis 2.30.0-0.175.1.0.0.12.0 i-- codec/speex 1.2-0.175.1.0.0.15.0 i-- communication/im/pidgin 2.10.5-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/bzip2 1.0.6-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/gzip 1.4-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/p7zip 9.20.1-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/unzip 6.0-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/xz 5.0.1-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/zip 3.0-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- consolidation/SunVTS/SunVTS-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.14.0 i-- consolidation/X/X-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.1317 i-- consolidation/admin/admin-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.5.0 i-- consolidation/cacao/cacao-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.11.0 i-- consolidation/cde/cde-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.0.0.0.0.0 i-- consolidation/cns/cns-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.23.0 i-- consolidation/dbtg/dbtg-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.15.0 i-- consolidation/desktop/desktop-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.2 i-- consolidation/desktop/gnome-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.22.0 i-- consolidation/gfx/gfx-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.5.0 i-- consolidation/install/install-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.1736 i-- consolidation/ips/ips-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- consolidation/java/java-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- consolidation/jdmk/jdmk-incorporation 0.5.11-0.173.0.0.0.0.0 i-- consolidation/l10n/l10n-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.23.1134 i-- consolidation/man/man-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.21.0 i-- consolidation/nspg/nspg-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.5.0 i-- consolidation/nvidia/nvidia-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.22.0 i-- consolidation/osnet/osnet-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.2 i-- consolidation/sfw/sfw-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.5.0 i-- consolidation/sic_team/sic_team-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.5.0 i-- consolidation/solaris_re/solaris_re-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.3 i-- consolidation/sunpro/sunpro-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.19.0 i-- consolidation/ub_javavm/ub_javavm-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.1 i-- consolidation/userland/userland-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- consolidation/vpanels/vpanels-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.17.0 i-r consolidation/xvm/xvm-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.5.0 i-- crypto/ca-certificates 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.2 i--
Note the IFO column:
| Letter | Description |
|---|---|
| i | The package is installed |
| f | The package is frozen and cannot be updated |
| o | The package is obsolete |
To understand the r in the third column of the vpanels-incorporation package, use the info subcommand:
root@solaris:~# pkg info vpanels-incorporation
Name: consolidation/vpanels/vpanels-incorporation
Summary:
State: Installed (Renamed)
Renamed to: pkg:/consolidation/userland/userland-incorporation
pkg:/consolidation/osnet/osnet-incorporation
Publisher: solaris
Version: 0.5.11
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.175.1.0.0.17.0
Packaging Date: May 29, 2012 10:02:23 PM
Size: 5.46 kB
FMRI: pkg://solaris/consolidation/vpanels/vpanels-incorporation@0.5.11,5.11-0.175.1.0.0.17.0:20120529T220223Z
Use the list subcommand to easily identify the package version number of a single package:
root@solaris:~# pkg list vpanels-incorporation NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO consolidation/vpanels/vpanels-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.17.0 i-r
To identify the package creation timestamp, use the -v switch of the list subcommand:
root@solaris:~# pkg list -v vpanels-incorporation FMRI IFO pkg://solaris/consolidation/vpanels/vpanels-incorporation@0.5.11,5.11-0.175.1.0.0.17.0:20120529T220223Z i-r
The output of this command shows a line of the following format:
FMRI Scheme://Publisher/Package Name@Version,Build Release-Branch:Package Creation Timestamp IFO
The name FMRI means Fault Managed Resource Identifier. FMRIs are covered in the Service Administration lesson of this course.
Wildcards can be used to list packages available, either installed or not:
root@solaris:~# pkg list -a compress* NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO compress/bzip2 1.0.6-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/gzip 1.4-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/lcab (sfe) 1.0.12-0.151.1.5 --- compress/lcab/src (sfe) 1.0.12-0.151.1.5 --- compress/lha (sfe) 1.14.9.1-0.151.1.5 --- compress/lha/src (sfe) 1.14.9.1-0.151.1.5 --- compress/p7zip 9.20.1-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/unzip 6.0-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/unzoo (sfe) 4.4-0.151.1.5 --- compress/unzoo/src (sfe) 4.4-0.151.1.5 --- compress/xz 5.0.1-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i-- compress/zip 3.0-0.175.1.0.0.24.0 i--
To display the number of installed packages, use the following command:
root@solaris:~# pkg list | wc -l
873
To display the number of installed and available packages, use the -a switch:
root@solaris:~# pkg list -a | wc -l
2615
You are now going to install the ClamAV anti-virus package. This package is available from the OpenIndiana publisher. In order to use that publisher you need to add it once more:
root@solaris:~# pkg set-publisher -g http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe sfe root@solaris:~# pkg publisher PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS P LOCATION solaris origin online F http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ sfe origin online F http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe/
There are two ways to identify the package name before being able to install it, either by using the list subcommand:
root@solaris:~# pkg list -a | grep clamav antivirus/clamav (sfe) 0.97.6-0.151.1.6 --- antivirus/clamav/src (sfe) 0.97.6-0.151.1.6 --- security/clamav (sfe) 0.97.3-0.151.1 --r
or, alternatively by using the search subcommand:
root@solaris:~# pkg search antivirus/clamav INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE require depend pkg:/antivirus/clamav@0.97.5,5.11-0.151.1.5 pkg:/security/clamav@0.97.3-0.151.1 pkg.fmri set sfe/antivirus/clamav pkg:/antivirus/clamav@0.97.5-0.151.1.5
Installing ClamAV is now very simple:
root@solaris:~# pkg install antivirus/clamav
Packages to install: 3
Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: No
DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB) SPEED
Completed 3/3 55/55 1.7/1.7 458k/s
PHASE ITEMS
Installing new actions 110/110
Updating package state database Done
Updating image state Done
Creating fast lookup database Done
To check whether the package is now installed, use the list subcommand:
root@solaris:~# pkg list clamav NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO antivirus/clamav (sfe) 0.97.6-0.151.1.6 i--
or the verify subcommand:
root@solaris:~# pkg verify -v clamav PACKAGE STATUS pkg://sfe/antivirus/clamav OK
Remember that for more information about the installed package, you can use the info subcommand:
root@solaris:~# pkg info clamav
Name: antivirus/clamav
Summary: Unix anti-virus scanner
Category: Applications/System Utilities
State: Installed
Publisher: sfe
Version: 0.97.6
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.151.1.6
Packaging Date: October 1, 2012 08:13:32 PM
Size: 3.95 MB
FMRI: pkg://sfe/antivirus/clamav@0.97.6,5.11-0.151.1.6:20121001T201332Z
By using the which command, you will notice that there is no clamav program in /bin or /usr/bin:
root@solaris:~# which clamav no clamav in /usr/bin /usr/sbin
So, either the program is not called clamav or it is elsewhere in the filesystem. In order to see which files the package installed, use the contents subcommand:
root@solaris:~# pkg contents antivirus/clamav PATH etc etc/clamav-milter.conf etc/clamd.conf etc/freshclam.conf usr usr/bin usr/bin/clamav-config usr/bin/clambc usr/bin/clamconf usr/bin/clamdscan usr/bin/clamdtop usr/bin/clamscan usr/bin/freshclam usr/bin/sigtool usr/include usr/include/clamav.h usr/lib usr/lib/libclamav.so usr/lib/libclamav.so.6 usr/lib/libclamav.so.6.1.15 usr/lib/libclamunrar.so usr/lib/libclamunrar.so.6 usr/lib/libclamunrar.so.6.1.15 usr/lib/libclamunrar_iface.so usr/lib/libclamunrar_iface.so.6 usr/lib/libclamunrar_iface.so.6.1.15 usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib/pkgconfig/libclamav.pc usr/sbin usr/sbin/clamav-milter usr/sbin/clamd usr/share usr/share/doc usr/share/doc/clamav usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.LGPL usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.bzip2 usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.file usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.getopt usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.llvm usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.lzma usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.regex usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.sha256 usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.unrar usr/share/doc/clamav/COPYING.zlib usr/share/doc/clamav/ChangeLog usr/share/doc/clamav/FAQ usr/share/doc/clamav/README usr/share/doc/clamav/clamav-mirror-howto.pdf usr/share/doc/clamav/clamdoc.pdf usr/share/doc/clamav/phishsigs_howto.pdf usr/share/doc/clamav/signatures.pdf usr/share/man usr/share/man/man1 usr/share/man/man1/clambc.1 usr/share/man/man1/clamconf.1 usr/share/man/man1/clamdscan.1 usr/share/man/man1/clamdtop.1 usr/share/man/man1/clamscan.1 usr/share/man/man1/freshclam.1 usr/share/man/man1/sigtool.1 usr/share/man/man5 usr/share/man/man5/clamav-milter.conf.5 usr/share/man/man5/clamd.conf.5 usr/share/man/man5/freshclam.conf.5 usr/share/man/man8 usr/share/man/man8/clamav-milter.8 usr/share/man/man8/clamd.8 var var/clamav
As you can see, the package installed the following programs:
usr/bin/clamav-config usr/bin/clambc usr/bin/clamconf usr/bin/clamdscan usr/bin/clamdtop usr/bin/clamscan usr/bin/freshclam usr/bin/sigtool usr/sbin/clamav-milter usr/sbin/clamd
Uninstalling the package is now as simple as installing it:
root@solaris:~# pkg uninstall clamav
Packages to remove: 3
Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: No
PHASE ITEMS
Removing old actions 101/101
Updating package state database Done
Updating package cache 3/3
Updating image state Done
Creating fast lookup database Done
The uninstall subcommand removes all files installed by a package, except those that are dependencies of another installed package.
You can also search for a package that contains a specific program:
root@solaris:~# pkg search /usr/bin/clamdscan INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE path file usr/bin/clamdscan pkg:/antivirus/clamav@0.97.5-0.151.1.5 path file usr/bin/clamdscan pkg:/security/clamav@0.97.3-0.151.1
The pkg command can also be used to update installed packages:
root@solaris:~# pkg update No updates available for this image.
If you wish to update a specific package to the latest available version, use the following syntax : pkg update package@latest.
Solaris Boot Environments ( BE ) are an interaction between the IPS et ZFS technologies. Boot Environments offer an administrator a very efficient rollback facility. A Boot Environment is a ZFS file system that is designated for booting, in other words a bootable instance of the Operating System plus any other software added specifically to that image. It is possible to have as many Boot Environments as needed.
Imagine that you decide to update the Solaris kernel using IPS. In order to make sure that you can rollback to the previous version in the case of any problems, you would create a Boot Environment before updating. After updating the kernel you would have two Boot Environments, one before the update and one after the update.
Boot Environments are managed with the beadm command. As with the IPS pkg command, the Boot Environments' beadm command uses a set of subcommands.
The beadm subcommands are as follows:
| Subcommand | Description |
|---|---|
| list | Lists all available Boot Environments |
| list BEname | Lists the Boot Environment called BEname |
| create BEname | Creates a clone, called BEname of the current active Boot Environment. Options allow for creating from an inactive or snapshot Boot Environment |
| create BEname@SNAPname | Creates a snapshot called SNAPname of the Boot Environment BEname |
| activate BEname | Configures the Boot Environment BEname to be used at the next reboot |
| destroy BEname | Erases the Boot Environment BEname and all associated snapshots |
| mount BEname | Mounts the Boot Environment BEname on mount point for inspection |
| unmount BEname | Unmounts the Boot Environment BEname |
| rename BEname newBEname | Renames the Boot Environment BEname to newBEname |
First, list the current available Boot Environments:
root@solaris:~# beadm list BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created -- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- solaris NR / 6.36G static 2012-11-20 19:08 solaris-backup-1 - - 159.0K static 2012-11-20 22:20
This output shows the solaris Boot Environment that was automatically created during the installation process together with the solaris-backup-1 Boot Environment that was automatically created by the system after the installation process.
You will notice that the Active column shows two letters:
| Letter | Description |
|---|---|
| N | The Boot Environment is active Now |
| R | The Boot Environment will be active upon the next Reboot |
Now create a new Boot Environment called MyBE:
root@solaris:~# beadm create MyBE root@solaris:~# beadm activate MyBE root@solaris:~# beadm list BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created -- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- MyBE - - 199.0K static 2012-12-07 10:43 solaris NR / 6.36G static 2012-11-20 19:08 solaris-backup-1 - - 159.0K static 2012-11-20 22:20
Note that the new Boot Environment MyBE, a clone of solaris, has been created but is not active. Clones are bootable images.
Activate the Boot Environment MyBE so it will used upon the next reboot:
root@solaris:~# beadm list BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created -- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- MyBE R - 6.36G static 2012-12-07 10:43 solaris N / 45.0K static 2012-11-20 19:08 solaris-backup-1 - - 159.0K static 2012-11-20 22:20
Note here that the Boot Environment MyBE is now flagged to be used upon the next reboot.
At this point take a snapshot of the solaris-backup-1 Boot Environment:
root@solaris:~# beadm create solaris-backup-1@SNAP-solaris-backup-1 root@solaris:/# beadm list -a solaris-backup-1 BE/Dataset/Snapshot Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created ------------------- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- solaris-backup-1 rpool/ROOT/solaris-backup-1 - - 113.0K static 2012-11-20 22:20 rpool/ROOT/solaris-backup-1/var - - 46.0K static 2012-11-20 22:20 rpool/ROOT/solaris-backup-1/var@SNAP-solaris-backup-1 - - 0 static 2012-12-07 10:48 rpool/ROOT/solaris-backup-1@SNAP-solaris-backup-1 - - 0 static 2012-12-07 10:48
A snapshot is a read-only, non-bootable image of a Boot Environment at a given point in time.
As you can see the snapshot is created in the ROOT dataset. A dataset is a generic term for a ZFS filesystem, zone, snapshot or volume.
I will be telling you more about the ZFS filesystem in the Storage Administration lesson of this course.
If you take a look at the current ZFS configuration you will see the following:
root@solaris:/# zfs list NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT rpool 6.99G 12.3G 4.58M /rpool rpool/ROOT 4.84G 12.3G 31K legacy rpool/ROOT/MyBE 4.84G 12.3G 3.90G / rpool/ROOT/MyBE/var 863M 12.3G 205M /var rpool/ROOT/solaris 83K 12.3G 3.90G / rpool/ROOT/solaris-backup-1 113K 12.3G 1.98G / rpool/ROOT/solaris-backup-1/var 46K 12.3G 758M /var rpool/ROOT/solaris/var 83K 12.3G 205M /var rpool/VARSHARE 57K 12.3G 57K /var/share rpool/dump 1.03G 12.4G 1.00G - rpool/export 77.4M 12.3G 32K /export rpool/export/home 77.4M 12.3G 32K /export/home rpool/export/home/trainee 77.4M 12.3G 77.4M /export/home/trainee rpool/swap 1.03G 12.4G 1.00G -
In the above output you can see that the ROOT dataset contains each Boot Environment's Critical Dataset. Any other Shared Datasets, such as /export which contain mount points common to both the active and inactive boot environments are located outside the root dataset area of each boot environment.
Use the destroy subcommand to erase the MyBE Boot Environment:
root@solaris:/# beadm destroy MyBE Are you sure you want to destroy MyBE? This action cannot be undone(y/[n]): y The BE that was just destroyed was the 'active on boot' BE. solaris is now the 'active on boot' BE. Use 'beadm activate' to change it.
Note that the solaris Boot Environment has now been activated.
Check the zfs configuration:
root@solaris:/# zfs list NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT rpool 6.99G 12.3G 4.58M /rpool rpool/ROOT 4.84G 12.3G 31K legacy rpool/ROOT/solaris 4.84G 12.3G 3.90G / rpool/ROOT/solaris-backup-1 113K 12.3G 1.98G / rpool/ROOT/solaris-backup-1/var 46K 12.3G 758M /var rpool/ROOT/solaris/var 863M 12.3G 205M /var rpool/VARSHARE 57.5K 12.3G 57.5K /var/share rpool/dump 1.03G 12.4G 1.00G - rpool/export 77.6M 12.3G 32K /export rpool/export/home 77.5M 12.3G 32K /export/home rpool/export/home/trainee 77.5M 12.3G 77.5M /export/home/trainee rpool/swap 1.03G 12.4G 1.00G -
If you want to look at the contents of a specific Boot Environment, all you have to do is mount it:
root@solaris:/# mkdir /tmp/be root@solaris:/# beadm mount solaris-backup-1 /tmp/be root@solaris:/# ls -l /tmp/be total 104 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Nov 20 19:19 bin -> ./usr/bin drwxr-xr-x 6 root sys 9 Nov 20 19:19 boot drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Nov 20 19:09 cdrom drwxr-xr-x 29 root sys 239 Nov 20 19:25 dev drwxr-xr-x 5 root sys 5 Nov 20 19:25 devices drwxr-xr-x 74 root sys 165 Nov 20 21:40 etc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Nov 20 19:27 export dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Sep 19 22:09 home drwxr-xr-x 19 root sys 19 Nov 20 19:09 kernel drwxr-xr-x 13 root bin 301 Nov 20 19:09 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Nov 20 19:27 media drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 2 Nov 20 19:19 mnt dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Nov 20 19:53 net dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Nov 20 19:53 nfs4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 2 Sep 19 22:09 opt drwxr-xr-x 5 root sys 5 Sep 19 22:09 platform dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Sep 19 22:09 proc drwx------ 2 root root 4 Nov 20 19:19 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Nov 20 19:08 rpool lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 20 19:19 sbin -> ./usr/sbin drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 5 Sep 19 22:09 system drwxrwxrwt 2 root sys 2 Nov 20 19:25 tmp drwxr-xr-x 30 root sys 42 Nov 20 19:18 usr drwxr-xr-x 34 root sys 41 Nov 20 19:19 var
Finally, to update the Operating System Kernel, you can use the following command : pkg update-image. This command first makes a clone of the current Boot Environment, proceeds with downloading and installing all required packages into the new clone and finally activates the clone for startup on the next reboot.
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