Package Installation Scripts

Installation scripts are not required. However, you can provide scripts that perform customized actions during the installation of your package. An installation script has the following characteristics:

• The script is composed of Bourne shell commands.

• The script's file permissions should be set to 0644.

• The script does not need to contain the shell identifier (#! /bin/sh).

The four script types are as follows:

• The request script

  The request script requests input from the administrator who is installing the package.

• The checkinstall script

  The checkinstall script performs special file system verification.

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  Note –

  The checkinstall script is only available with the Solaris^TM 2.5 release and compatible releases.

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• Procedure scripts

  Procedure scripts define actions that occur at particular points during package installation and removal. You can create four procedure scripts with these predefined names: preinstall, postinstall, preremove, and postremove.

• Class action scripts

  Class action scripts define a set of actions to be performed on a group of objects.

See Creating Installation Scripts for a more information on installation scripts.