never touched Solaris before is there an easy command to see if Bash is installed?
Probably a silly question, thanks for your help
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Maybe I'm oversimplifying this but have you tried typing "bash" at the command prompt?
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Yes. Says not found, but does that mean it's not installed? – user3329963 Sep 29 '14 at 09:44
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It could be that it's not installed or could be that you've not got the path set, try /usr/bin/bash . – Darren Wall Sep 29 '14 at 09:48
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Directory is not there, guessing it not installed – user3329963 Sep 29 '14 at 09:52
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And one final thing to try: pkginfo|grep -i bash – Darren Wall Sep 29 '14 at 09:53
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To check if bash package is installed try this command (verified on Solaris 10):
pkginfo -l SUNWbash
It may be also installed from 3rd-party software repository, then, try:
pkginfo | grep -i bash
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On Solaris 10 & before, you can use `grep` to look into `/var/sadm/install/contents`, that file lists all the files installed in packages. `grep bin/bash /var/sadm/install/contents` – Laszlo Valko Oct 14 '14 at 04:00
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If bash is installed the follwing will state which version you have, otherwise thorw an error
/usr/bin/bash --version
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Remember that can bash can also be compiled from the source by a regular user account and run from a home directory. Try find / -name '*bash*' or so.
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The locate command simply searches a database of files on the system. My hack on my SUNOS uses the find command to create a text database and then just greps that datebase for future file hunts. Note that creating the text database (about 200 Mbytes) on my SUNOS takes a long time. The grep only takes a few seconds per search.
find / > ~/locate_db
grep bin/bash ~/locate_db
