Software depot management

[HP UNIX Support]

On HP-UX 10.20 why do we have to register a depot in order to install software or patches?

[Ian Dennison_1]

Not to install! If you are trying to install from CD, then specify [CD Mount Point]/XSWGR1100, or whatever the subdirectory is on disk. If you are trying to install from an individual file, specify the full file name, including ".depot".

If you use 'swcopy' to copy software depots from one place to another, it is very clever and will register the depot for you automatically.

Share and Enjoy! Ian

[harry d brown jr]

Being that you can have multiple depots its important that the system knows where you want to start.

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harry

[Stefan Farrelly · Accepted solution]

Having a depot resigstered means its visible to other servers so they can install from it remotely. ie. a public depot, otherwise a depot is only private (for the server it is on).

As already said, if you use swcopy to copy .depot files or software from a CD or tape then SD automatically registers the depot, otherwise do it yourself;
swreg -l depot @

[Trond Haugen]

You don't have to register a depot if you will only sw-install or -copy locally.
If you want to access it from another system you have to register it.

Regards,
Trond

[HP UNIX Support]

Thanks for the swift replies!