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Hi,

   How can I know if a particular product(eg: Oracle) has been installed
on UNIX, other than using the 'find'.

   On NT we can look at the registry entries. On Unix if the env
variables are not set by the product during installation, how do I know
if the product is installed.

Thanks in advance,

regards,
Ravi

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Quote:>    How can I know if a particular product(eg: Oracle) has been
installed
> on UNIX, other than using the 'find'.

>    On NT we can look at the registry entries. On Unix if the env
> variables are not set by the product during installation, how do I
know
> if the product is installed.

Hi,
this is a really sweet question... I never knew there really was someone
who did like the NT registry. ;)
But, back to the facts: try pkginfo <pckgname>
If the SWpackage is installed, it'll display.
If you don`t know its name as a package you`ll have to do a pkginfo -l
and grep for the productname.

Kind regards
Carine Berger

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I am sorry-I got carried away by smiling about this question.
I did not realize for a while that I was not posting in the solaris
newsgroup.
Of course,my previous message applies uniquely to Solaris.

Sorry about that but maybe it helped you?

Kind regards
Carine Berger

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Before you buy.

Differs from Unix to Unix.  On some Unixen, you have a software package
manager that automates software installation.  AIX has ODM, which is
a great deal like the NT registry.  On some, you simply have to look
through with find if you don't know.  In all cases, the method for
tracking installed software, even if there is one, can be bypassed
and you can install manually, in which case find is again your only
option.

In short, "find" is the only universal method, and the only way to
be sure.

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                                Chris Mattern