Software Distributor Administrator Guide (September 2010)

1.3.1 The Terminal User Interface
The terminal user interface lets you use the SD-UX GUI capabilities on systems with
text-based terminals. With the TUI, you use the Arrow, Tab, Space, and Return keys
to navigate.
Figure 1-3 The Terminal User Interface (TUI)
NOTE: All examples for GUI commands in this manual also apply to the TUI.
1.3.2 Starting the GUI/TUI Commands
To start the GUI or TUI for swinstall, swcopy, or swremove, enter:
/usr/sbin/swinstall
—or—
/usr/sbin/swcopy
—or—
/usr/sbin/swremove
TIP: Put /usr/sbin in your PATH to avoid typing the /usr/sbin prefix.
The TUI starts by default if you have not set the DISPLAY variable.
To invoke the GUI and specify other command-line arguments at the same time, you
must include the -i option. For example:
swinstall -i -s sw_server cc pascal
To invoke the swlist GUI, you must use always use the swlist -i option.
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