Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Installing Software
Installation with swinstall
Chapter 2 73
Installing from the Command Line
Swinstall syntax The syntax for swinstall is:
swinstall [
XToolkit Options ][-i][-p][-r][-v][-c catalog ]
[-C
session_file ][-f software_file ][-Q date ][-s source ]
[-S
session_file ][-t target_file ][-x option=value ]
[-X
option_file ][ software_selections ][@ target_selections ]
Options and
Operands
XToolkit Options X window options for the GUI. See “XToolkit Options
and Changing Display Fonts” on page 53.
-i Run the command in interactive mode by invoking the
GUI or TUI. See “Installing with the GUI” on page 65.
-p Preview the install task (perform analysis only).
-r Operate on an alternate root directories. See
“Installing to an Alternate Root” on page 80.
-v Turn on verbose output to stdout and display all
activity to the screen.
-c
catalog Store a copy of a response file or other files created by a
request script in catalog. See “Requesting User
Responses (swask)” on page 407.
-C
session_file
Save the current option and operand values to
session_file for re-use in another session. See “Session
Files” on page 61.
-f
software_file
Read the software selections from software_file instead
of (or in addition to) software you specify on the
command line. See “Software Files” on page 58.
-Q
date Schedules a job for the given date when remote
operations are enabled. See “Scheduling Jobs from the
Command Line” on page 234 and Chapter 6, “Remote
Operations Overview,” on page 189
-s
source Use the software source specified by source instead of
the default, /var/spool/sw. The syntax is:
[
host :][/ directory ]