View the following information for a software package: 

Which command would you use to display this information for a software package that is not currently installed on your system? 

Answer options:

A. pkg list gzip
B. pkg info -r gzip
C. pkg search –1 gzip
D. pkg verify –v gzip
E. pkg contents gzip

B

By default, the pkg info command only lists information about installed packages on the system; however, we can use a similar command to look up information about uninstalled packages, as shown in here: Example: Listing Information About an Uninstalled Package # pkg info -r php-52 Name: web/php-52 - Summary: PHP Server 5.2 - Description: PHP Server 5.2 - Category: Development/PHP - State: Not Installed - Publisher: solaris - Version: 5.2.17 - Build Release: 5.11 - Branch: 0.175.0.0.0.1.530 - Packaging Date: Wed Oct 12 14:01:41 2011 Size: 44.47 MB - FMRI: pkg://solaris/web/php-52@5.2.17, 5.11-0.175.0.0.0.1.530:20111012T140141Z Note: pkg info command displays information about packages in a human-readable form. Multiple FMRI patterns may be specified; with no patterns, display information on all installed packages in the image. With -l, use the data available from locally installed packages. This is the default. With -r, retrieve the data from the repositories of the image`s configured publishers. Note that you must specify one or more package patterns in this case.