topic Removing sw in Operating System - HP-UX

Removing sw

Vince Klingler — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:13:34 GMT

After I install a patch can I remove the SW point I created and is there a specific method to removing it or should I just delete it?

Re: Removing sw

Helen French — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:16:21 GMT

If you are talking about the source (downloaded files) that was used for installing the patch, you can just delete it manually from the directory. There is no additional steps needed to remove it.

If you want to remove an installed software depot or patch, use 'swremove' command.

Re: Removing sw

Robert-Jan Goossens — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:21:24 GMT

Hi,

Download patch /tmp
install patch swinstall
remove /tmp/patch source

You mean above steps.

Kind regards
Robert-Jan

Re: Removing sw

Vince Klingler — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:25:58 GMT

Does removing the software depot affect the patch it applied?
thanks

Re: Removing sw

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:27:16 GMT

Hi,

If it is in patch.depot format, you can simply delete it with 'rm' command.

If it is in swdepot format (swlist -l depot), then you need to use 'swremove -d' to remove it.

-Sri

Re: Removing sw

MarkSyder — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:29:07 GMT

No - it's safe to remove the depot file. It will not remove the software you have installed.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

Re: Removing sw

Robert-Jan Goossens — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:29:08 GMT

Vince,

swremove will remove the installed patch.

removing /tmp/patch will not have any effect on the installed patch. patches are saved in the /var/adm/sw directory.

Robert-Jan

Re: Removing sw

Helen French — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:50:58 GMT

For the last question:

Removing your original source depot (installation depot) will not affect your installed softwares or patches. When you install the patch or a software it's actually get installed in SD-UX form and in appropriate directories (like /var/adm/sw, /opt etc)

Read more:

# man swinstall
# man swagentd