Software Distributor Administrator Guide (September 2010)

1.3.10 Changing Options and Refreshing the Object List—The Options Menu...........40
1.3.11 Performing Actions—The Actions Menu............................................................40
1.3.11.1 Open Item/Close Level................................................................................41
1.3.11.2 Add/Save Software Group..........................................................................41
1.3.11.3 Change Source.............................................................................................42
1.3.11.4 Change Target.............................................................................................43
1.3.12 Getting Help—The Help Menu...........................................................................44
1.3.12.1 Overview... ..................................................................................................45
1.3.12.2 Keyboard... .................................................................................................45
1.3.12.3 Using Help... ...............................................................................................45
1.3.12.4 Product Information... ................................................................................46
1.3.13 XToolkit Options and Changing Display Fonts .................................................46
1.4 Working from the Command Line................................................................................46
1.4.1 Software Selections................................................................................................47
1.4.1.1 Syntax............................................................................................................47
1.4.1.2 Software Files................................................................................................49
1.4.1.3 How Commands and Options Interact with Selections...............................49
1.4.2 Target Selections....................................................................................................49
1.4.2.1 Syntax............................................................................................................49
1.4.2.2 Target Files....................................................................................................50
1.4.3 Using Command Options.....................................................................................50
1.4.3.1 Examples.......................................................................................................51
1.4.4 Session Files...........................................................................................................52
2 Installing Software ...................................................................................................................55
2.1 Installation with swinstall.............................................................................................55
2.1.1 Features and Limitations.......................................................................................55
2.1.2 Installing with the GUI.........................................................................................56
2.1.3 Installing from the Command Line......................................................................62
2.1.4 Installation Tasks and Examples...........................................................................66
2.1.4.1 Updating to HP-UX 11i.................................................................................66
2.1.4.2 Installing Patches..........................................................................................67
2.1.4.3 Recovering Updated Files ............................................................................67
2.1.4.4 Installing Software That Requires a System Reboot ....................................67
2.1.4.5 Using Software Codewords and Customer IDs ...........................................68
2.1.4.6 Re-installing Software Distributor................................................................68
2.1.4.7 Installing Multiple Versions..........................................................................69
2.1.4.8 Installing to an Alternate Root .....................................................................69
2.1.4.9 Compatibility Filtering and Checking .........................................................69
2.1.4.10 Software Selection Checking.......................................................................70
2.2 Configuring Your Installation (swconfig).....................................................................71
2.2.1 Features and Limitations.......................................................................................71
2.2.2 The Configuration Process....................................................................................72
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