How to Reinstall Damaged Software Components (prodreg)

If other software depends on a damaged software component, you might want to reinstall the damaged component, rather than uninstall the component and the other dependent software. You can use the -f option with the prodreg unregister to perform a forced unregister of the damaged component, and then reinstall the component.

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

2. View the information on the software you want to reinstall.

   # prodreg browse -m "name" BROWSE # +/-/. UUID # NAME ======== ===== ==================================== = ============ 1 - root 1 System Registry 2 + a01ee8dd-1dd1-11b2-a3f2-0800209a5b6b 1 Solaris 9 8/03 System Software 3 + 8f64eabf-1dd2-11b2-a3f1-0800209a5b6b 1 Unclassified Software 4 . UUID 1 name

   -m “name”

   Displays information on the name software component you want to reinstall.

   UUID

   Specifies the UUID of the software component you want to reinstall.

3. Identify the software that depends on the software you want to reinstall.

   # prodreg info -m "name" -a "Dependent Components" Dependent Components: Name UUID # --------------------------- ------------------------------------ - component-a component-a-UUID 1

   -m “name”

   Specifies the name of the software component you want to reinstall.

   -a “Dependent Components”

   Displays the components that depend on name software.

   component-a

   Specifies the name of a software component that depends on name software.

   component-a-UUID

   Specifies the UUID of the component-a software component.

   The component-a software component depends on the software you want to reinstall. To reinstall name software and not unregister component-a, you must perform a forced unregister of name software, then reinstall name software.

4. Unregister only the software component you want to reinstall.

   # prodreg unregister -f -u UUID

5. Reinstall the software component.

   # /usr/bin/java -cp /usr/installers/installer

   installer

   Specifies the name of the installer program for name software.

Example—Reinstalling Damaged Software Components (prodreg)

The following example shows how to reinstall the damaged software component ComponentSoft without unregistering or uninstalling the dependent component ExampleSoft.

# prodreg browse -m "ComponentSoft"
BROWSE #  +/-/.  UUID                                  #  NAME
========  =====  ====================================  =  ============
1         -      root                                  1  System 
                                                          Registry
2          +     a01ee8dd-1dd1-11b2-a3f2-0800209a5b6b  1   Solaris 9 8/03
                                                          System
                                                          Software
3          +     8f64eabf-1dd2-11b2-a3f1-0800209a5b6b  1  Unclassified 
                                                          Software
4           .    86758449-554a-6531-fe90-4352678362fe  1  ComponentSoft

# prodreg info -m "ComponentSoft" -a "Dependent Components"
Dependent Components:
Name                         UUID                                  #
---------------------------  ------------------------------------  -
ExampleSoft                  95842091-725a-8501-ef29-0472985982be  1

# prodreg unregister -f -u 86758449-554a-6531-fe90-4352678362fe -i 1

# /usr/bin/java -cp /usr/installers/org.example.componentsoft