topic Re: listing software in Operating System - HP-UX

listing software

Jennifer Young_1 — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:54:42 GMT

any way to list installed software without using swlist? i know there are lots of software packages installed on a server i am updating, and not very many show up with swlist. it would be nice to know what all was installed on this system ... any hints?
thanks!

Re: listing software

Ron Irving — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:03:00 GMT

Did you use 'swlist -l product'? Or, '-l filesets'? -l bundle won't list very much, if that's what you're using...

hope that helps.

ron

Re: listing software

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:03:56 GMT

Hi Jennifer:

If it wasn't installed with 'swinstall' then there is no record in the IPD (which is used by 'swlist'). The most likely places to look for software therefore become /opt/ and /usr/local/.

If the application in question is owned by a particular user then I'd look for ownership of files in user, particularly in the above directories:

# find /opt -xdev -user theuser

You might also look for any local startup scripts in the /sbin/rc?.d/ directories. These might give additional clues as to installed software.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: listing software

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:06:33 GMT

Hi Jennifer,

Swlist is the way to do this. Unfortunately many software vendors (e.g. Oracle) do not play by the rules. The vast majority of 3rd-party software installs in /opt or /usr/local by default. Of course, you can install software anywhere. There is really no good way to do this.

Regards, Clay

Re: listing software

Sachin Patel — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:10:10 GMT

Hi Jennifer,
there is no other nice way to search for installed software. Some application will not shows up on swlist for example when I download the netscape and install on system. swlist will not list it. but mostly all application goes in to /opt or /usr/local/

Sachin

Re: listing software

Jennifer Young_1 — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:28:21 GMT

thanks for your help!