Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Installing Software
Installation with swinstall
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NOTE HP strongly advises that you do not install software that is incompatible
unless you are advised to do so by your HP Support representative.
If allow_incompatible=false (the default), swinstall restricts the
installation of incompatible software and automatically filters the
products on the source. The Software Selection window shows only those
products compatible with the hardware and OS of all target systems.
If allow_incompatible=true, swinstall allows the installation of any
software. The GUI displays all products on the source for selection.
You can also use the -x os_name and -x os_release options to check
compatibility. During an OS update, for example, if a system has been
installed as 11.0/32 bit and you wish to update to the 64-bit version of
HP-UX, you can make the system appear as a 64-bit system for the
purpose of compatibility checking against the merged depot by specifying
the options -x os_name=HP-UX:64 and -x os_release=B.11.00. (You
can also specify these options at a fileset level.)
NOTE Compatibility filtering does not apply to alternate root file systems. You
must select software that you know to be compatible with the alternate
root.
Table 2-4 Product Compatibility
Product
attribute
Product
value
(Pattern to
match) Target Root attribute
machine_type ia64* IA uname -m
machine_type 9000/* IA or PA uname -m
os_name HP-UX HP-UX uname -s
os_release ?.11.* B.11.11 uname -r
os_version *Cuname -v