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3.8 Installing with the POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility
Table 3–7 Features You Can Request During an Installation
Feature Qualifier
Supply answers from a PCF /CONFIGURATION=INPUT=pcf-name
Create a new PCF /CONFIGURATION=OUTPUT=pcf-name
1
Specify where to install the files /DESTINATION=location
Display full descriptions of all product
installation options and information
/HELP
Display log messages on your terminal /LOG
Include a remark in the product database /REMARK
Specify where the distribution kit is
located
/SOURCE
Specify configuration variables /CONFIGURATION=keyword
2
Specify a work area for temporary files /WORK=device
1
The F17 (defer) and F18 (write) keys have no effect when you use the PRODUCT INSTALL
command.
2
Can be either current or producer. For details, refer to the OpenVMS System Management Utilities
Reference Manual.
3.8.3.1 Using an Existing PCF
Section 3.7.4 describes how to create a PCF before installing a product. To use
this existing PCF during the installation, use the /CONFIGURATION=INPUT
qualifier with PRODUCT INSTALL. For example, to install CMS and
use configuration choices recorded in the PCF named DEC-VAXVMS-
CMS.PCSI$CONFIGURATION:
$ PRODUCT INSTALL/CONFIGURATION=INPUT=DEC-VAXVMS-CMS.PCSI$CONFIGURATION -
_$ CMS/VERSION=3.4
3.8.3.2 Creating a New PCF During the Installation
If you did not create a PCF before the installation, you can create one during
the installation. Use the /CONFIGURATION=OUTPUT=pcf-name qualifier with
PRODUCT INSTALL. For example:
$ PRODUCT INSTALL/CONFIGURATION=OUTPUT=CMSV3.DAT CMS/VERSION=3.0
As you respond to questions about the options for CMS Version 3.0, your
responses are recorded in the PCF named CMSV3.DAT in your current default
directory.
For more information about product configuration files, see Section 3.7.1 and
Section 3.7.4.
3.8.4 Responding to Installation Questions
During an installation, you can request a full description of product options or an
explanation to any single question. You can also accept the default value to any
single question or to an entire subset of questions.
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