HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Installation and Configuration Guide

Installing Patches and Applications
Tips for Installing or Updating HP Applications
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Tips for Installing or Updating HP
Applications
In the previous chapters of this guide, you installed HP-UX 11i v1.6,
installed additional patches if necessary, and verified the system. Now
you should install and/or update other needed HP, non-OS applications.
Here are some tips:
• To determine which products and versions are on your system use
the swlist command:
/usr/sbin/swlist -l product
• HP-UX Applications DVDs have an ASCII file on each DVD called
TABLE_OF_CONTENTS that lists all software products delivered
with the Applications DVD. This ASCII file is viewable with vi or
emacs, and Wordpad on PCs.
• To verify that all installed products are compatible with the new OS,
run swverify as explained in “Verifying the HP-UX Installation” on
page 72.
• Use swinstall to install new software or update each application
not included in the HP-UX 11i v1.6 OS and OE you just installed.
The latest versions of many HP-UX software products are provided
on the HP-UX Applications DVD. To find the contents of each DVD,
mount any HP-UX Applications DVD and view the
TABLE_OF_CONTENTS file. For swinstall instructions, see the
next section.
• Installation of application patches and applications may occur in the
same swinstall session to save on the number of required reboots.
• For HP applications, there exists documentation that shows you how
to install and use an application. The documents may include release
notes, readme files, DVD and CD booklets, white papers, and guides.
See the Instant Information CD and the web:
http://docs.hp.com