how to install software?

[iambluegary]

i download a software /home/pin/swatch-3.0.4.tar.gz
but i cant use swinstall to install it,why?

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

Because this is not a hp-ux software depot.
This is a source distribution which you should compile.
If you want to use swinstall you need a binary hp-ux version.

C.

[Emiel van Grinsven]

Hi,

it's still zipped and a tar file.

use gunzip first then tar -xvf [file_name]
then swinstall (-i)

Good luck

E.

[H.Merijn Brand (procura · Accepted solution]

first unzip it

gzip -d swatch-3.0.4.tar.gz

then look what's inside the tar archive

tar tvf swatch-3.0.4.tar

if it has a .depot or a .SD, extract it

tar xf swatch-3.0.4.tar

and install it

swinstall -s /home/pin/swatch-3.0.4.deport swatch

HTH

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

Probably there is a installation instruction in the tar package.

C.

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi again,

To untar a gziped archieve;

gunzip -c archieve.tar.gz | tar xvf

C.

[U.SivaKumar_2]

hi,

#gunzip /home/pin/swatch-3.0.4.tar.gz
#tar xv /home/pin/swatch-3.0.4.tar

tar will extract lot of files . Usually you need not use swinstall for this type of packages , search for install or setup shell
scripts in the extracted files and run it.
note: readme file will be there among the extracted file , better to read it once.
regards,
U.SivaKumar.

[iambluegary]

well,i have gzip and tar the bag,but when i try to install it with:
swinstall -s /home/pin/swatch-3.0.4.deport swatch
look following:
======= 04/12/02 04:14:23 EDT BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive)

* Session started for user "root@tsrad".

* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "tsrad:/".
ERROR: There is currently no depot software on host "tsrad" at
location "/home/pin/swatch-3.0.4.deport". Make sure that an
absolute pathname is specified for location (beginning with
"/").
* Source connection failed for
"tsrad:/home/pin/swatch-3.0.4.deport".
WARNING: More information may be found in the daemon logfile on this
target (default location is tsrad:/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log).
* Selection had errors.



======= 04/12/02 04:14:24 EDT END swinstall SESSION (non-interactive)


what should i do

[Emiel van Grinsven]

Hi,

rename the file to ** depot.
use swinstall -i for an interactive session.

Are you sure it's a depot and not a product?

Hth, E

[U.SivaKumar_2]

hi ,
forgive me, for typematic mistake.
use tar xvf
regards,
U.SivaKumar