Re: install software

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Date:         Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:20:18 +0200
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

Hello,
why not use mkinstallp from package:
<snip>
  File Fileset Type
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /usr/sbin/mkinstallp bos.adt.insttools File
<snip>
which comes with AIX 5.2 ML02 Install CD's.
Very easy to handle.

One bug:
Do not try to package perl-Docs with mkinstallp.

Cheers,
ku

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 02:07:56PM -0500, Bill Verzal wrote:
> I've used them to build LPPs. It is really slick and easy-to-use.
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> You might have a look at:
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> http://www.bullfreeware.com/download/aix43/bull.mklpp-1.2.9.0.exe
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> or
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> http://www.bullfreeware.com/download/contrib/lppbuild-2.1.0.0.exe
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> Haven't used them but might be worth a look.
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> Kevin Adams
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
> JOSEPH KREMBLAS
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:34 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: [aix-l] install software
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> Praveen,
>
> Thank you for your kinds words. I don't know exactly when I
> acquired such knowledge but I know that it probably had something to do
> with failed 'installp' installations in times of yore, and I was hungry
> to understand the "inner" workings of 'installp' and because of my
> previous discipline as a COBOL/BASIC programmer/analyst (please don't
> laugh when I say COBOL or BASIC--I had to start somewhere and I like
> both languages very much and I wish I was still programming), I was
> naturally inclined to consult the "programmer's manual". I also believe
> such knowledge was acquired when a developer was reading his/her AIX
> programming book and relied on me to answer detailed questions
> concerning LPP packaging; answers that I didn't have, because I simply
> didn't know. Is it unusual for an AIX administrator to try to
> understand the inner workings of his/her system? The more you know
> about your system the better off you are, especially when it comes to
> working with developers and becoming a performance analyst.
>
> The downfall of spending too much time with LPP packaging is
> that it is only applicable to AIX, and none other UNIX systems. So
> there's a question of portability, especially if you have a hybrid UNIX
> environment. LPP packaging excited me when I looked into it, because it
> surely helped control and support the change management process, to
> verify everything, and gave me the ability to "back out" a change if
> necessary, and "roll back" to the previous version should the occasion
> arise. There are numerous gems to be found by the AIX administrator in
> LPP packaging as well as politics that go in hand with portability.
>
> I apologize for making this long-winded response.
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> I would venture to say that you're right in reaching the
> conclusion you have about the third party.
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> Good day.
>
> --joseph
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Kumar, Praveen (cahoot)
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:21 AM
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> Subject: Re: install software
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> Joseph,
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> Great !!! Thanks for the information. But how come you have such a vast
> knowledge of all such things which are not usual. Anyway thank you very
> much.
>
> So as you said the third party who is managing the servers would have
> created the whole software kit and deployed on the server.
>
> Cheers
> Praveen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: JOSEPH KREMBLAS [mailto:JKREMBLAS@REDHEARTGIFTS.COM]
> Sent: 07 October 2004 16:00
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: install software
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> Praveen,
>
> The short answer is if the 3rd party product isn't designed to
> be installed by 'installp,' then the product won't be registered in the
> appropriate ODM files, so upon execution of 'lslpp,' you won't see the
> software in its output.
>
> For the system in which you've seen a managed services company's
> name as the fileset name, I would guess that they packaged their product
> pursuant to the instructions given in Chapter 20 entitled "Packing
> Software for Installation" in the "General Programming Concepts: Writing
> and Debugging Programs" book.
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> I hope this helps.
>
> --joseph
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Kumar, Praveen (cahoot)
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:30 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: install software
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> Hi,
>
> If I have a third party software which is not specifically designed for
> AIX (What I mean by saying this is, the file format of the installation
> files is not in bff format.), and I want to install and wish to see this
> file set name in lslpp output, how do I achieve this.
>
> B'coz one of the system I have seen had a fileset that is customised for
> that server. The lslpp output on the server,had the managed services
> company's name as the fileset name.
>
> TIA
> Praveen
>
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