Software Distributor (SD-UX) Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (762797-001, March 2014)

Using Help... ...............................................................................................................34
Product Information... ....................................................................................................34
XToolkit Options and Changing Display Fonts .......................................................................34
Working from the Command Line.............................................................................................34
Software Selections............................................................................................................35
Syntax.........................................................................................................................35
Software Files...............................................................................................................36
How Commands and Options Interact with Selections........................................................36
Target Selections................................................................................................................37
Syntax.........................................................................................................................37
Target Files...................................................................................................................37
Using Command Options....................................................................................................37
Examples.....................................................................................................................38
Session Files......................................................................................................................39
2 Installing Software ...................................................................................40
Installation with swinstall..........................................................................................................40
Features and Limitations......................................................................................................40
Installing with the GUI........................................................................................................41
Installing from the Command Line.........................................................................................46
Installation Tasks and Examples...........................................................................................48
Updating to HP-UX 11i...................................................................................................49
Installing Patches...........................................................................................................49
Recovering Updated Files ..............................................................................................49
Installing Software That Requires a System Reboot ............................................................50
Using Software Codewords and Customer IDs ..................................................................50
Re-installing Software Distributor.....................................................................................50
Installing Multiple Versions.............................................................................................51
Installing to an Alternate Root ........................................................................................51
Compatibility Filtering and Checking ..............................................................................51
Software Selection Checking..........................................................................................52
Configuring Your Installation (swconfig).....................................................................................52
Features and Limitations......................................................................................................52
The Configuration Process...................................................................................................53
Using swconfig..................................................................................................................55
Configuration Tasks and Examples.......................................................................................56
Verifying Your Installation (swverify)..........................................................................................57
Features and Limitations......................................................................................................57
The Verification Process......................................................................................................57
Using swverify...................................................................................................................58
Verification Tasks and Examples...........................................................................................60
3 Managing Installed Software.....................................................................61
Listing Your Software (swlist).....................................................................................................61
swlist Features and Limitations..............................................................................................61
Using the swlist GUI...........................................................................................................61
Searching and Moving Through the List ...........................................................................62
Changing the View ......................................................................................................62
Performing Actions........................................................................................................63
Using the Command Line....................................................................................................63
Software Listing Tasks and Examples....................................................................................65
Using Options to Change List Appearance.......................................................................67
Listing Attributes............................................................................................................67
Creating Custom Lists ....................................................................................................67
Listing Patches...............................................................................................................68
Using Software Codewords and Customer IDs ..................................................................68
4 Contents