Application Packaging Developer's Guide

Copyright

  Preface

  1.  Designing a Package

  2.  Building a Package

  3.  Enhancing the Functionality of a Package

  4.  Verifying and Transferring a Package

  5.  Package Creation Case Studies

  6.  Advanced Package Creation Techniques

Specifying the Base Directory

The Administrative Defaults File

Using the BASEDIR Parameter

Using Parametric Base Directories

Managing the Base Directory

Accommodating Relocation

Walking Base Directories

Supporting Relocation in a Heterogeneous Environment

Traditional Approach

Beyond Tradition

Making Packages Installable Remotely

Example--Installing to a Client

Example--Installing to a Server or Standalone

Example--Mounting Shared File Systems

Patching Packages

The checkinstall Script

The preinstall Script

The Class Action Script

The postinstall Script

The patch_checkinstall Script

The patch_postinstall Script

Upgrading Packages

The request Script

The postinstall Script

Creating Class Archive Packages

Archive Package Directory Structure

Keywords

clarch Utility

faspac Utility

  Glossary

  Index