Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Installing Software
Verifying Your Installation (swverify)
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Verifying Your Installation (swverify)
The swverify command verifies depot, installed, or configured software
products on the specified host.
Features and Limitations
• Determines whether installed or configured software is compatible
with the host on which that software is installed.
• Makes sure that all dependencies (prerequisites, corequisites) are
being met (for installed software) or can be met (for copied software).
• Executes verification scripts that check the correctness of the
product’s configuration (that is, scripts verify that the installed state
of the software is configured).
• Executes fix scripts to correct or report problems with installed
software:
Fix Corrects and reports on problems in installed
software. Typical uses are to create missing
directories, correct file modifications (mode, owner,
group, major, minor), and to recreate missing
symbolic links.
Verify Verifies the configuration of filesets or products, in
addition to the standard swverify checks.
(See Chapter 11, “Using Control Scripts,” on page 369 for more
information.)
• Reports missing files, checks all file attributes including
permissions, file types, size, checksum, mtime, link source and
major/minor attributes.
• Uses dependencies to automatically select software on which to
operate (in addition to any software you specify directly). See
“Software Dependencies” on page 33 for more information.