Problem to install a .depot

[Tonatiuh]

# swinstall /var/spool/sw/jdk15_15003_pa.depot

======= 08/18/06 17:13:23 WETDST BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=ias02.lc.org-0138)

* Session started for user "root@ias02.lc.org".

* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "ias02.lc.org:/".
ERROR: There is currently no depot software on host "ias02.lc.org" at
location "/var/spool/sw". Make sure that an absolute pathname
is specified for location (beginning with "/").
* Source connection failed for "ias02.lc.org:/var/spool/sw".
WARNING: More information may be found in the daemon logfile on this
target (default location is
ias02.lc.org:/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log).
* Selection had errors.



======= 08/18/06 17:13:30 WETDST END swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=ias02.lc.org-0138)

# ll /var/spool/sw/jdk15_15003_pa.depot
-rw-r----- 1 root sys 65843200 Aug 18 17:13 /var/spool/sw/jdk15_15003_pa.depot

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Try swinstall -s /var/spool/sw/jdk15_15003_pa.depot


Pete

[IT_2007]

Use this command with -s option.

swinstall -s /var/spool/sw/jdk15_15003_pa.depot

[nanan]

Hi
Retry with swinstall -s /file.depot

Regards
nanan

[Pupil_1]

If you don't specify the -s option, then the default location to check for the depot, which is /var/spool/sw, is checked and hence the error message.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Recommend:
swinstall -s /var/spool/sw/jdk15_15003_pa.depot \*

That may not be strictly needed but if there are multiple depots you need to say, install em all.

SEP

[Sp4admin]

Hello,

Make sure you specify the full path name.

swinstall -s /var/spool/sw/jdk15_15003_pa.depot

sp,

[Bill Hassell]

The format of the command is -s FULLPATHNAME_to_DEPOT \*

As Steven points out, this probably required. Since almost every depot has more than one file, always use \*. It means: load all the applicable files in this depot.

[inventsekar_1]

Hi Tonatiuh,

swinstall -p -s softsource -f softlist \
@ myhost:/mydirectory
The @ myhost:/mydirectory is optional if you are installing to your local
host and default directory. If you have several selections, use the
command options to point to input files that contain lists of software
selections (-f softlist, above), default modifications and other variables

NOTE: In the swinstall command, if no source is specified, the local host's
default depot directory (/var/spool/sw) is assumed. If no host is
named, the system to receive the software is assumed to be the root (/)
directory on your local host. So, you do not have to use the @ sign and
[host][:][/directory] designation if you are operating on the local host
and/or default depot directory.

[GBR]

My experience is, if you don't want to start the interactive GUI make sure you specify the name of the software on the command line:

swinstall -s /path/to/file.depot name

GBR