NAME

pkgadd − transfer software package to the system

SYNOPSIS

pkgadd [ −d device ] [ −r response ] [ −n ] [ −a admin ] [ pkginst1 [ pkginst2 [ ...]]]

pkgadd −s spool [ −d device ] [ pkginst1 [ pkginst2 [ ...]]]

DESCRIPTION

pkgadd transfers the contents of a software package from the distribution medium or directory to install it onto the system.  Used without the −d option, pkgadd looks in the default spool directory for the package (/var/spool/pkg).  Used with the −s option, it reads the package to a spool directory instead of installing it. 

OPTIONS

−d Installs or copies a package from device.  device can be a full path name to a directory or the identifiers for tape, floppy disk or removable disk (for example, /var/tmp or /dev/diskette.  It can also be a device alias (for example, diskette1). 

−r Identifies a file or directory, response, which contains output from a previous pkgask session.  This file supplies the interaction responses that would be requested by the package in interactive mode.  response must be a full pathname. 

−n Installation occurs in non-interactive mode.  The default mode is interactive. 

−a Defines an installation administration file, admin, to be used in place of the default administration file.  The token none overrides the use of any admin file, and thus forces interaction with the user.  Unless a full path name is given, pkgadd looks in the /var/sadm/install/admin directory for the file. 

pkginst Specifies the package instance or list of instances to be installed.  The token all may be used to refer to all packages available on the source medium.  The format pkginst.∗ can be used to indicate all instances of a package. 

−s Reads the package into the directory spool instead of installing it. 

When executed without options, pkgadd uses /var/spool/pkg (the default spool directory). 

SEE ALSO

pkginfo(1), pkgmk(1), pkgparam(1), pkgproto(1), pkgtrans(1), installf(1M), pkgask(1M), pkgrm(1M), removef(1M)

NOTES

When transferring a package to a spool directory, the −r, −n, and −a options cannot be used. 

The −r option can be used to indicate a directory name as well as a filename.  The directory can contain numerous response files, each sharing the name of the package with which it should be associated.  This would be used, for example, when adding multiple interactive packages with one invocation of pkgadd. 

Each package would need a response file.  If you create response files with the same name as the package (that is, package1 and package2), then name the directory in which these files reside after the −r. 

The −n option causes the installation to halt if any interaction is needed to complete it. 

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  29 Dec 1993