remove unnecessary solaris 10 packages

GOAL

In most of the cases solaris10 uses in oracle database installations, and there is a lot of unnecessary software like gnome desktop, firerox, mail clients, ... etc.

SOLUTION

remove unnessesory software (not need for suncluster or oracle RDBMS)

yes | pkgrm SUNWdtdem
yes | pkgrm SUNWgnome-games SUNWgnome-games-root SUNWgnome-games-share
yes | pkgrm SUNWj3dmo
yes | pkgrm SUNWj5dmo
yes | pkgrm SUNWjavaapps
yes | pkgrm SUNWjhdem
yes | pkgrm SUNWjiu8




To show installed package group, you can use:

pkginfo -l|grep CATEGORY|awk '{print $2}'|sort|uniq

remove package group

yes | pkgrm -Y MOZ17
yes | pkgrm -Y OpenOfficeOrg
yes | pkgrm -Y FIREFOX
yes | pkgrm -Y GLOW
yes | pkgrm -Y THUNDERBIRD
yes | pkgrm -Y MUSCLE




remove evolution

yes | pkgrm SUNWevolution SUNWevolution-devel SUNWevolution-devel-share \
SUNWevolution-exchange SUNWevolution-exchange-root SUNWevolution-exchange-share \
SUNWevolution-libs SUNWevolution-libs-devel SUNWevolution-libs-share SUNWevolution-root \
SUNWevolution-share SUNWevolution-socs-connect SUNWevolution-socs-connect-share




remove gnome programs

yes | pkgrm \
SUNWaspell \
SUNWaspell-devel \
SUNWaspell-en \
SUNWaspell-en-share \
SUNWaspell-share \
SUNWevince \
SUNWevince-devel \
SUNWevince-root \
SUNWgnome-a11y-gok \
SUNWgnome-a11y-gok-root \
SUNWgnome-a11y-gok-share \
SUNWgnome-a11y-reader \
SUNWgnome-a11y-reader-devel \
SUNWgnome-a11y-reader-root \
SUNWgnome-a11y-reader-share \
SUNWgnome-a11y-speech \
SUNWgnome-a11y-speech-devel \
SUNWgnome-a11y-speech-share \
SUNWgnome-archive-mgr \
SUNWgnome-archive-mgr-share \
SUNWgnome-archive-mgr-root \
SUNWgnome-audio \
SUNWgnome-audio-devel \
SUNWgnome-audio-devel-share \
SUNWgnome-audio-root \
SUNWgnome-audio-share \
SUNWgnome-calculator \
SUNWgnome-calculator-root \
SUNWgnome-calculator-share \
SUNWgnome-camera \
SUNWgnome-camera-devel \
SUNWgnome-camera-share \
SUNWgnome-cd \
SUNWgnome-cd-burner \
SUNWgnome-cd-burner-root \
SUNWgnome-cd-burner-share \
SUNWgnome-cd-root \
SUNWgnome-cd-share \
SUNWgnome-character-map \
SUNWgnome-character-map-share \
SUNWgnome-component \
SUNWgnome-component-devel-share \
SUNWgnome-component-root \
SUNWgnome-config \
SUNWgnome-config-devel \
SUNWgnome-config-devel-share \
SUNWgnome-config-editor-share \
SUNWgnome-config-editor \
SUNWgnome-config-root \
SUNWgnome-config-share \
SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs \
SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs-devel \
SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs-root \
SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs-share \
SUNWgnome-dialog \
SUNWgnome-dialog-share \
SUNWgnome-dictionary \
SUNWgnome-dictionary-root \
SUNWgnome-dictionary-share \
SUNWgnome-display-mgr \
SUNWgnome-display-mgr-root \
SUNWgnome-display-mgr-share \
SUNWgnome-dtlogin-integration \
SUNWgnome-file-mgr \
SUNWgnome-file-mgr-devel \
SUNWgnome-file-mgr-root \
SUNWgnome-file-mgr-share \
SUNWgnome-fonts \
SUNWgnome-freedb-libs \
SUNWgnome-freedb-libs-root \
SUNWgnome-freedb-libs-share \
SUNWgnome-fun-applets \
SUNWgnome-fun-applets-root \
SUNWgnome-fun-applets-share \
SUNWosdem \
SUNWsfwdemo


yes | pkgrm \
SUNWgnome-panel-devel \
SUNWgnome-component-devel \
SUNWgnome-spell \
SUNWgnome-panel \
SUNWgnome-vfs \
SUNWgnome-perf-meter \
SUNWgnome-terminal \
SUNWgnome-utility-applets \
SUNWgnome-session \
SUNWgnome-wm \
SUNWtgnome-xagent \
SUNWgnome-mm-applets \
SUNWfsexam \
SUNWgnome-internet-applets \
SUNWgnome-intranet-applets \
SUNWgnome-pilot \
SUNWgnome-a11y-libs \
SUNWgnome-media-player \
SUNWtgnome-tsoljdsdevmgr \
SUNWtgnome-tstripe \
SUNWgnome-a11y-poke

yes | pkgrm \
SUNWgnome-internet-applets-root \
SUNWgnome-internet-applets-share \
SUNWgnome-intranet-applets-root \
SUNWgnome-intranet-applets-share \
SUNWgnome-mm-applets-root \
SUNWgnome-mm-applets-share \
SUNWgnome-print \
SUNWgnome-print-devel \
SUNWgnome-print-devel-share \
SUNWgnome-print-root \
SUNWgnome-print-share \
SUNWgnome-project \
SUNWgnome-project-devel \
SUNWgnome-project-devel-share \
SUNWgnome-project-share \
SUNWgnome-search-tool \
SUNWgnome-search-tool-root \
SUNWgnome-search-tool-share \
SUNWgnome-session-root \
SUNWgnome-session-share \
SUNWgnome-sound-recorder \
SUNWgnome-sound-recorder-root \
SUNWgnome-sound-recorder-share \
SUNWgnome-spell-share \
SUNWgnome-text-editor \
SUNWgnome-text-editor-devel \
SUNWgnome-text-editor-root \
SUNWgnome-text-editor-share \
SUNWgnome-themes \
SUNWgnome-themes-share \
SUNWgnome-ui-designer \
SUNWgnome-ui-designer-share \
SUNWgnome-user-docs \
SUNWgnome-utility-applets-root \
SUNWgnome-utility-applets-share \
SUNWgnome-vfs-devel \
SUNWgnome-vfs-devel-share \
SUNWgnome-vfs-root \
SUNWgnome-vfs-share \
SUNWtgnome-docs \
SUNWgnome-jdshelp




and the last one )))

yes | pkgrm `pkginfo -L|grep gnome|egrep "themes|doc|vfs|design|applet|text\-edit|sound|search|session|print|spell|project"|xargs`|grep "package depends"

yes | pkgrm `pkginfo -L|grep gnome|egrep "terminal|wm\-|pilot|ps\-viewer|sys\-suspend|media|panel|img\-|im\-|hex\-"|xargs `

yes | pkgrm `pkginfo -L|grep gnome|egrep "pdf\-|help\-|a11y"|xargs `