How to install a software using swinstall

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi

I am new to HP-UX.

I want to install the file "cfg.depot".

what is the syntax.

[Pete Randall]

Assuming the depot is located in /tmp (you need to supply the full path name)

swinstall -s /tmp/cfg.depot

is enough to get the job done.


Pete

[Ganesan R]

Hi,

Use swinstall command to install the softwars.

#swinstall -s

#swinstall -s /dir/cfg.depot

Only preview mode not to install..
#swinstall -p -s /dir/cfg.depot

To list the software available on the depot file.

#swlist -d @/dir/cfg.depot

[Bijeesh]

Hi
#swinstall -s

You can also use swinstall in interactive mode.
#swinstall

[Sivakumar MJ._1]

swinstall - how to install depot files in HP/UX


To install depot files in HP/UX:

# swinstall -s /path/software.depot

Eg. # swinstall -s /tmp/samba.depot


Check the Man pages for swinstall

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90692/swinstall.1M.html

[R.K. #]

Hi Senthil,

As mentioned in above threads you can use the command:
# swinstall -s

For UI or command illustrations kindly check the below useful link "Installation with swinstall":
http://docstore.mik.ua/manuals/hp-ux/en/5992-4826/ch02s01.html

Hope this helps.

Regds,
R.K.

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi

I am getting this error message

How to solve this.

lndsll03:/homeroot->swinstall -s /homeroot/cfg2html_hpux_3.66-20080709.depot
NOTE: The interactive UI was invoked, since no software was
specified.

Starting the terminal version of swinstall...

[Jamie A Dennis]

You'll get that whenever you don't specify the exact software to install. In the examples, you are specifying a depot.

If you know, for example, that your depot is /tmp/OpenSSL_A.00.09.07m.047_HP-UX_B.11.23_IA_PA.depot, and the software inside the depot is OpenSSL, you could specify your swinstall command such as:

swinstall -s /tmp/OpenSSL_A.00.09.07m.047_HP-UX_B.11.23_IA_PA.depot OpenSSL

swinstall then will become non-interactive and install exactly what you specified.

[Pete Randall]

I have always used

swinstall -x auto-reboot=true -s /tmp/cfg.depot

to install non-interactively, though I've never looked into why it works!


Pete

[R.K. #]

Hi Senthil,

This is NOT a error message.

Since you have not selected source and destination paths, so a TUI will be invoked wherein you will be asked to select softwares/fill blanks.

Wait for sometime and you will get the UI.

To start an install session via the command line, you must assemble any options (if needed), host and source names, and software selections into a command string. For example:

# swinstall -p -s softsource -f softlist @ myhost:/mydirectory


Regds,
R.K.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi :

As noted, you will get an interactive SD session whenever you don't specify software to be installed.

For example, if a depot contained OpenSSL and you wanted to install that, you would do:

# swinstall -s /tmp/swdepot OpenSSL

If the depot contained multiple software elements then you could do:

# swinstall -s /tmp/swdepot \*

In this case, installation of everything would be attempted since the asterisk means "all". Note that you _MUST_ escape the asterisk character so that your shell does not interpret it and expand it into the filenames in your current directory.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Bijeesh]

Hi
first you check for the s/w on the depot.
#swlist -d @/dir/cfg.depot


Or issue this command

lndsll03:/homeroot->swinstall -s /homeroot/cfg2html_hpux_3.66-20080709.depot cfg.depot

[Torsten.]

I don't want to repeat the same swinstall blabla line a hundred time, but how about some RTFM?

http://docs.hp.com/en/SD/infolib.html

Find out what all you can do with SD!

[Ganesan R]

Hi,

As said by others, it is not an error message rather this is the way swinstall is designed to work.

If specified depot has multiple softwares, you need to specify which software you want to install from that depot.
Example:

#swinstall -s

If you haven't specified, swinstall suppose to ask which software you intend to install. For that reason it is opening the interactive session.

First find out the softwares available in that depot using this command.

#swlist -d @

Once you know the software inside the depot use this command,

#swinstall -s

Hope this hels...

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi

I following commands but still i am not succeeded.

1) lndsll03:/homeroot->swlist -d @/homeroot/cfg2html_hpux_3.66-20080709.depot
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "lndsll03"...
#
# Target: lndsll03:/homeroot/cfg2html_hpux_3.66-20080709.depot
#

#
# Bundle(s):
#

CFG2HTML C.03.66.20080709 Config To HTML System Documentation Tool (cfg2html)




2) lndsll03:/homeroot->swinstall -s /homeroot/cfg2html_hpux_3.66-20080709.depot cfg2html

======= 04/09/09 09:58:42 EDT BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=lndsll03-0074)

* Session started for user "root@lndsll03".

* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "lndsll03:/".
* Source:
/homeroot/cfg2html_hpux_3.66-20080709.depot
* Targets: lndsll03:/
* Software selections:
cfg2html.cfg2html,r=C.03.66.20080709,a=HP-UX,v=HP
* Selection succeeded.


* Beginning Analysis and Execution
* Session selections have been saved in the file
"/homeroot/.sw/sessions/swinstall.last".
ERROR: "lndsll03:/": One or more filesystems that appear in the
filesystem table are not mounted and cannot be mounted.
* The analysis phase failed for "lndsll03:/".
* Analysis and Execution had errors.


NOTE: More information may be found in the agent logfile using the
command "swjob -a log lndsll03-0074 @ lndsll03:/".

======= 04/09/09 09:58:45 EDT END swinstall SESSION (non-interactive)
(jobid=lndsll03-0074)


pls help me.

[Pete Randall]

> ERROR: "lndsll03:/": One or more filesystems that appear in the filesystem table are not mounted and cannot be mounted.

You need to go into the swinstall options and turn off the "mount all file systems" option.


Pete

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Permission problem?

# mv /homeroot/cfg2html_hpux_3.66-20080709.depot /tmp
# swinstall -s /tmp/cfg2html_hpux_3.66-20080709.depot CFG2HTML

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

> ERROR: "lndsll03:/": One or more filesystems that appear in the
filesystem table are not mounted and cannot be mounted.

I urge you to read some of the documentaion links that have been suggested --- the manpages for 'swinstall' too.

Either mount all of your server's file systems and re-run your 'swinstall' or add the '-x mount_all_filesystems=false' option to your 'swinstall' command:

# swinstall -x mount_all_filesystems=false -s ...

Regards!

...JRF...

[Pete Randall]

As James points out, reading the documentation and man pages would be a tremendous help, but, at the very least, try reading the error message.


Pete

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi

I have installed the software using this command

# swinstall -x mount_all_filesystems=false -s ...

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

mount_all_filesystems indeed deafults to the extremely annoying true.

You can however make swinstall/swremove/swverify/... be way more reasonable when you set that as default

# cd /var/adm/sw
# cat defaults
# File: /var/adm/sw/defaults
#
# Purpose: HP OpenView Software Distributor system-wide default options
#
# Header: $Header: defaults,v 5.1 95/03/04 05:05:07 hmgr Exp $
#
# Description: This file contains the customized, system-wide default
# options and behaviors for the HP OpenView Software
# Distributor (SD) commands.
#
# The file /usr/lib/sw/sys.defaults contains a complete list
# of current SD options (with their default values).

swinstall.mount_all_filesystems = false
swinstall.source_directory = /cdrom
swinstall.source_cdrom = /cdrom
swinstall.verbose = 0
swinstall.patch_save_files = false

#swmodify.patch_commit = true

swremove.mount_all_filesystems = false
swremove.verbose = 0
swremove.software_view = products

swconfig.mount_all_filesystems = false
#

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[Dennis Handly]

>Bijo: check for the s/w on the depot.
>#swlist -d @/dir/cfg.depot

I would suggest you not fall into the SD trap of having N ways to do things. You should only use:
swlist -s /dir/cfg.depot
This way your swlist looks like your swinstall.