topic Re: Installed location of a package in Operating System - HP-UX

Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:09:55 GMT

Hi,

I have created test package named Test.
How do i figure out the installed location of package.

Was doing "swlist -l file Test" and it stated
/opt/Test/Test.txt
If I relocate the package to /abc, then also swlist -l file is giving /opt as the location.

Now how do i figure the installed location?
Thanks

Re: Installed location of a package

sreekanthtm — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:18:02 GMT

Hi,

My thoughts....
Swlist pick the information from its owm database created while installing the package. So, if you are relocating the file manually, that won't afect the swlist o/p. You need to slecify the installation location while installing the pkg.

Rgds,
Sreekanth.

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:21:06 GMT

The package is already installed at the relocated location of "/abc/Test".

Now if a new user comes, how does he determine the location of the package.

Re: Installed location of a package

Dennis Handly — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:26:52 GMT

>how do I figure the installed location?

From within a control script?
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-5875/ch11s04.html#v2215294
SW_LOCATION
SW_ROOT_DIRECTORY

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:35:10 GMT

Yes,

I am aware of that. I want to find the location of the package after it has been installed.

Say a 2nd person.

Re: Installed location of a package

Dennis Handly — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:22:13 GMT

>I want to find the location of the package after it has been installed.

I would hope swlist would tell you that. Otherwise it would be next to useless.
You may have to use -v to see which attribute.

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:56:17 GMT

Probably the "location" attribute in "swlist -v" gives the installed location.

But shouldn't "swlist -l file " point to the location where the binaries are installed?

Re: Installed location of a package

Sajjad Sahir — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:08:03 GMT

Dear Friend

swlist -v
List all the attributes for an object if no -a options are specified. (Vendor-defined attributes are not included. See the -a option.) The output lists one attribute per line in the format:

attribute_name attribute_value

thanks and regards

Sajjad Sahir

Re: Installed location of a package

Bill Hassell — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:57:22 GMT

> If I relocate the package to /abc, then also swlist -l file is giving /opt as the location.

relocate?

Di you simply move the /opt/pkg to /abc? If so, kyou have disconnected all information about the package from swlist. swlist will show where it WAS installed. After that, any changes to directories cannot be tracked. You would have to remove the package and reinstall it with swinstall but specify the new location. Then swlist will show where it was installed.

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:35:01 GMT

I installed it via normal relocation install:

swinstall -s Test,l=/abc/Test

Even then "swlist -l file Test" shows
/opt/Test/Test.txt

Re: Installed location of a package

Dennis Handly — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:40:01 GMT

>Even then "swlist -l file Test" shows
/opt/Test/Test.txt

Hmm, this seems broken.
And the -v doesn't have /abc/Test anywhere?

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:32:09 GMT

It has

The "location" attribute of "swlist -v" shows /abc/Test.

Shouldn't "swlist -l file Test" also show files are under /abc?

Re: Installed location of a package

Dennis Handly — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:21:09 GMT

>The "location" attribute of "swlist -v" shows /abc/Test. Shouldn't "swlist -l file Test" also show files are under /abc?

I can only assume that by changing only location, all of the IPD entries can be left alone.

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:42:22 GMT

Sounds weird.
There are gurus of packaging here. Anybody having more ideas.

Re: Installed location of a package

Dennis Handly — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:11:41 GMT

I tried a small example and it is as you said.

If you want the installed location you are going to have to glue lines:
$ swlist -l file -a location SwPackager_dummy
# SwPackager_dummy /var/tmp/FIREFOX_stuff/YUK
# SwPackager_dummy.SPB-HELP_dummy /var/tmp/FIREFOX_stuff/YUK
/var/tmp/stuff/sin.c

Where sin.c is in:
/var/tmp/FIREFOX_stuff/YUK/var/tmp/stuff/sin.c

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:06:37 GMT

You meant to say it's happening the way this whole post is about?

I couldn't get your example.

Re: Installed location of a package

Dennis Handly — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:09:18 GMT

>it's happening the way this whole post is about?

Yes and it looks like it's by design.

>I couldn't get your example.

The PSF had: /var/tmp/stuff/sin.c

swinstall ... SwPackager_dummy,l=/var/tmp/FIREFOX_stuff/YUK

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:49:03 GMT

Probably a bad design.

Thanks for all your efforts.