[SunHELP] Solaris 8 - xterm - what package?

Edward Chase echase at studentweb.providence.edu
Mon May 10 21:17:29 CDT 2004


> On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 03:07:59PM -0400, Edward Chase wrote:
> > What package does xterm come in?
> >
> > How can I find this out when everything is installed on a
> system? How
> > can I find this out when it's only a core install?
> >
> > I ask both for future reference.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Edward Chase
> > Providence College
> > Information Technology


> From: David Selders
>
> > On the machine that has the full install grep for xterm in
> /var/sadm/install/contents, that should point you to the
> package it's in.  The machine with only a core install won't
> have xterm installed.
>
> --
> David

Since I do have a machine with a full Solaris 8 installed, that worked
great.  However, how or where could I find the same info if I didn't have
this other machine?  Is there some way you can poke into the packages on the
install CDs to see what files they contain?



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