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Command used to install a software/package in OpenVMS

aique — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:51:41 GMT

Hi, can someone tell me the "Command used to install a software/package in OpenVMS" ?

Thanks.

Re: Command used to install a software/package in OpenVMS

Karl Rohwedder — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:04:22 GMT

That depends on the format of the software package.

- you may have a VMSINSTALable kit, these are in BACKUP format and consist of backup savesets names .A,.B,... At least a .A saveset is needed. You then install the software using the command:
@SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL product location ...
where product is the filename of the saveset (without .A;vers). Pls. see the system manager's manual for more options to VMSINSTAL

- newer softare packages are created with PRODUCT and are installed with
PRODUCT INSTALL product /source=....
Pls. consult the manuals on how to use PRODUCT.

- some software is just UNZIPped to any location, may contain a INSTALL.COM or else

regards Kalle

Re: Command used to install a software/package in OpenVMS

labadie_1 — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:07:27 GMT

There are two ways

1) if your software comes as several files with an extension .A .B .C (cob023.A, COB023.B for example), you will use vmsinstal, if your files are in dka200:[kits], you will do

@sys$update:vmsinstal product dka200:[kits]

2) if your software has a file with an extension .PCSI, if you file is ABCXXX.PCSI, in dka200:[kits], you will do

$ product instal * /source=dka200:[kits]

Re: Command used to install a software/package in OpenVMS

Heuser-Hofmann — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:26:55 GMT

Didier Morandi wrote a nice command procedure called pcsi_menu.com to generate a pcsi-file.

eberhard

Re: Command used to install a software/package in OpenVMS

Jan van den Ende — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:32:09 GMT

Abdul,

for completeness:
many packages can be downloaded.
If they come from HP, they nowadays are usually self-extracting images.
If the package has an extension of .VAXEXE, .AXPEXE, or ,I64EXE, then you dowload the one for your architecture, and just RUN it. A .PCSI kit will generally be the result, which can be installed using PRODUCT INSTALL, as mentioned above.

hth

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

Re: Command used to install a software/package in OpenVMS

Peter Zeiszler — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:17:28 GMT

On the PRODUCT INSTALL I also like to use the /SAVE switch so that I can uninstall if there are issues.

You can also see what has been installed by looking at the following areas:
TYPE SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL.HISTORY
PRODUCT SHOW HISTORY

Nothing will show you products that have to only be "unzipped" to be installed.

Re: Command used to install a software/package in OpenVMS

aique — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:56:28 GMT

PRODUCT INSTALL product /source=....