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Application Packaging Developer's Guide Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Information Library |
3. Enhancing the Functionality of a Package (Tasks)
4. Verifying and Transferring a Package
Verifying and Transferring a Package (Task Map)
The Installation Software Database
Interacting With the pkgadd Command
Installing Packages on Standalone Systems or Servers in a Homogeneous Environment
How to Install a Package on a Standalone System or Server
Verifying the Integrity of a Package
How to Verify the Integrity of a Package
Displaying Additional Information About Installed Packages
How to Obtain Information With the pkgparam Command
Customizing the Format of the pkginfo Display
Parameter Descriptions for the pkginfo Long Format
How to Obtain Information With the pkginfo Command
5. Case Studies of Package Creation
The pkgtrans command moves packages and performs package format translations. You can use the pkgtrans command to perform the following translations for an installable package:
File system format to datastream format
Datastream format to file system format
One file system format to another file system format
For more information, see How to Build a Package.
See How to Install a Package on a Standalone System or Server, if needed.
See How to Verify the Integrity of a Package, How to Obtain Information With the pkginfo Command, and How to Obtain Information With the pkgparam Command, if needed.
See How to Remove a Package, if needed.
To perform a basic translation, execute the following command:
$ pkgtrans device1 device2 [pkg-abbrev...]
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If no package names are given, all packages residing in device1 are translated and written to device2.
Note - If more than one instance of a package resides on device1, you must use an instance identifier for the package. For a description of a package identifier, see Defining a Package Instance. When an instance of the package being translated already exists on device2, the pkgtrans command does not perform the translation. You can use the -o option to tell the pkgtrans command to overwrite any existing instances on the destination device and the -n option to tell it to create a new instance if one already exists. Note that this check does not apply when device2 supports a datastream format.
At this point you have completed the steps necessary to design, build, verify, and transfer your package. If you are interested in looking at some case studies, see Chapter 5, Case Studies of Package Creation. If you are interested in advanced package design ideas, see Chapter 6, Advanced Techniques for Creating Packages.