Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Installing Software
Configuring Your Installation (swconfig)
Chapter 282
Configuring Your Installation (swconfig)
The swconfig command runs configuration scripts. Although swinstall
and swremove automatically run configuration or unconfiguration
scripts, swconfig lets you work independently of these commands. This
lets you:
• Execute scripts to address problems if a configuration fails, is
deferred, or must be changed.
• Explicitly configure, unconfigure or reconfigure any installed
software that has associated configuration scripts.
• Configure or unconfigure hosts that share software located on
another host.
Features and Limitations
• swconfig can execute these kinds of scripts:
Configure Configures installed filesets or products. (Executed
by swconfig and swinstall.)
Request Requests an interactive response from the user as
part of the configuration process.
Unconfigure Undoes configurations performed by configure
scripts. For example, removing configuration from
the host’s /etc/profile or /sbin/rc files. This
moves the software from the configured state back
to installed.
• The swconfig command runs only from the command line interface.
• swconfig configures the host on which the software will run.
• Filesets or products can include configure (unconfigure) scripts.
• swinstall and swremove do not automatically not run configuration
scripts when you specify an alternate root directory with these
commands. You must run swconfig to configure or unconfigure
alternate roots.