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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 07:19 AM

I am a newbee for AIX systems, i wanted to know if there is a say to
package AIX softwares so that at the install time the files can be
installed at different folder than specified in the package.
say in package there are few files which gets installed in "/opt/test",
can they be installed in "/opt/test1" instead.
Thanks,
Mayank Johri

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 07:19 AM

Not with the installp command but you can use "restore ... packagename"
to restore files to a different location.

hth
Hajo

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 07:19 AM

Ok, thanks for the help,
I had another question, Is it possible to pass custom parameters to the
package at the time of installation, such as
installp <servername> --server=xyz --temp=/var/tmp

and do you know some websites were i can find the documentation for AIX
packaging.

Thanks and Regards,
Mayank Johri

#4 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 07:19 AM

Ok, thanks for the help,
I had another question, Is it possible to pass custom parameters to the
package at the time of installation, such as
installp <servername> --server=xyz --temp=/var/tmp

and do you know some websites were i can find the documentation for AIX
packaging.

Thanks and Regards,
Mayank Johri

#5 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 07:19 AM

> ... pass custom parameters ..
Not with installp packages afaik
You might implement post/pre scripts to configure the installed
software

Aix support 4 types of package formats:

1)
installp format: bff ( backup file format - backup/restore )
* Dependency check
* pre and post scripts
* bff must be direct accessable ( fs,tape,cd,dvd )
* .toc must exist within this location
* Filenames limited to about 128 bytes ( ODM limit )

See also:
http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/doc_...w4_install.htm

and search this group also about a build tool ( mklpp ) from the the
bull freeware site.

2)
rpm format: rpm AFAIK cpio packages - Check the web about rpm's

3)
ISJE : Search IBM

4)
UDI : Search IBM

hth
Hajo

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