Lee wrote:
> Hello Charles
>
> Thanks for taking the time out to reply.
>
> We have gone ahead with the installation where our new software is not
> in the swlist and all is well. I don't know what the difference is
> between the two systems but as long as it is working I am ok.
>
> Cheers
>
> Lee
>
>
> Chuck Whealton wrote:
> > Lee wrote:
> > > So would I be right in thinking that installing and setting up software
> > > outside of SD is ok?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Lee
> > >
> > >
> > > Vishwas Pai wrote:
> > > > Lee wrote:
> > > > > The software was not installed using SD. Does HP application install
> > > > > have to be? The software has its own installation wizard and seems to
> > > > > install ok. There is nothing in the instructions to say use SD.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a way of telling SD about these new applications which have
> > > > > been installed.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think there is way letting SD know about non-SD
> > > > packaged software.
> > > >
> > > > --vishwas.
> >
> > Lee, there are plenty of applications that use their own installation
> > mechanisms. Two that come to mind are Oracle and Documentum.
> > Documentum actually has an "installshield wizard", which I was shocked
> > to see under UNIX.
> >
> > What one of the other posters was saying is that if you've done the
> > identical installation on both machines, but only one of them actually
> > shows the software in question via swlist, then somewhere in the
> > background, your application's installation undoubtedly did call
> > swinstall to get the job done. By contract, you won't see an Oracle or
> > Documentum installation (mentioned above) using an swlist command
> > because they don't use swinstall anywhere in their install process.
> >
> > I'd be wondering if there are any differences between your two systems,
> > or if there's an installation log for your application that says what
> > it's doing and if it was truly successful on the system that doesn't
> > show it as being installed.
> >
> > Charles R. Whealton
> > Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com

Lee, sounds great. If you ever do figure out what the difference is,
I'd be curious.

Thanks!
Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com