Software Distributor Administrator Guide (September 2010)

Postinstall Performs additional install operations (such as resetting
default files) immediately after a fileset or product has been
installed.
Unpostinstall Undoes a postinstall script in case swinstall must initiate
recovery during the installation process.
Unpreinstall An undo preinstall script in case SD must initiate recovery
during the install process.
(See Chapter 11: “Using Control Scripts ” (page 269))
• Software can be installed to alternate root directories.
2.1.2 Installing with the GUI
Overview
This section provides an overview of the swinstall GUI.
• In general, all information presented in “Installing from the Command Line”
(page 62) also applies to the swinstall GUI.
• This section also refers to additional information about standard GUI elements,
discussed in “Using the GUI and TUI Commands” (page 31).
• All information in this section also applies to the TUI program unless otherwise
noted. See “The Terminal User Interface” (page 32) for more information.
There are five steps in the GUI install process:
Table 2-2 GUI Installation Steps
Start the swinstall GUI.
I. Start-Up
Provide the location of the software depot from which the
software will be installed.
II. Select Source
Choose the software to install.III. Select Software
Analyze (preview) the installation to determine if the selected
software can be installed successfully.
IV. Analysis (Preview)
Perform the actual software installation.V. Installation
Step I: Start-Up
To start the GUI or TUI for an install session, type:
/usr/sbin/swinstall
The GUI is automatically invoked unless you also specify software on the command
line. To invoke the GUI and specify software, include the -i option. For example, to
use the GUI for a preview (analysis only) session with BUNDLE1, type:
swinstall -i -p /MyDepot/BUNDLE1
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