Software Distributor Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (5900-2561, March 2013)

To preview the remove of the C and Pascal products installed at the local host:
swremove -p cc pascal
To remove a particular version of HP Omniback:
swremove Omniback,l=/opt/Omniback_v2.0
To remove the entire contents of a local depot:
swremove -d * @ /var/spool/sw
3.3.4.1 Removing Bundles
Removing a bundle does not always remove all filesets in that bundle. Because of SD-UX’s
dependency management features, a fileset that is required by another bundle will not be removed.
For example, if the bundles Pascal and FORTRAN both use the fileset Debugger.Run and you
try to remove FORTRAN, the fileset Debugger.Run will not be removed because it is also used
by the bundle Pascal. This prevents the removal of one bundle from inadvertently causing the
removal of a fileset needed by another bundle.
3.3.4.2 Removing Patches
You cannot remove patch software unless:
• Rollback files corresponding to the patch are available for re-installation.
— or —
• The base software modified by the patch is removed at the same time. (Removing the base
software also removes the patches associated with that software.)
For more information on removing patches, see Chapter 5: “HP-UX Patching and Patch
Management” (page 103).
3.3.4.3 Removing Multiple Versions
The swremove GUI can help simplify removal of multiple versions of a product.
Each separate version of a product along with its location directory is listed in the object list.
Selecting a multiple version implies a product:/location directory pair. By default, the
location is not displayed in the Software Selection Window. It can be displayed using the GUI
Columns Editor View→Columns... menu item and enabling the Product Directory menu item.
You can select more than one version of a product during the selection phase. During analysis, a
warning is generated if the version of the product exists on the target but at a different location. If
the product exists on the target, it will be removed. If it does not exist on the target, the product is
simply skipped. The Product Summary... button in the Remove Analysis Window gives a
product-by-product summary of what will be removed if the remove phase is started.
(Multiple versions of products are inherently possible in a depot. No special handling or checks
are required when removing from depots.)
3.3.4.4 Removing Software from an Alternate Root
Software can be removed relative to the primary root directory (/) or relative to an alternate root
directory. An alternate root is a non-root location that can function as the root of a stand-alone
system; that is, a system that can be unmounted and function as a self-contained system. Any
information files used in software removal are retrieved from the Installed Product Database (see
“Installed Products Database ” (page 21)) beneath this alternate root, not the IPD on the root
volume.
84 Managing Installed Software