Network installation from the command line

The pkginstall(ADM) command is used from the command line on a target system to install software from an SCO OpenServer network install server (the other installation command, pkgadd(ADM), is used to install software from local media such as a CD or disk drive).

The simplest way for users to use the pkginstall command is to:

1. List the available packages on the server.

   For example:

      pkglist -s server: all
   

   Note the required trailing colon (:) on the server name.

   For example, if you set up an install server on your local machine following the instructions under ``Quick steps to network installation'', you can list all the packages available for installation under /var/spool/dist that are in file system format using this command:

      pkglist -s 0.0.0.0: all
   

   If the package is in a datastream format file on the server, you'll need to know the name of the file to list the packages contained in it (more than one package can be in a single datastream file). For example, to list all the packages on a server in a datastream format file named package.ds, enter:

      pkglist -s server:/var/spool/dist/package.ds all
   

2. Enter the appropriate pkginstall command. For example, to install all the packages from the server that are in file system format under /var/spool/dist, enter:

      pkginstall -s server all
   

   To install a single file system format package, enter:

      pkginstall -s server pkgname
   

   To install all the packages in a single datastream format file, enter:

      pkginstall -s server:/var/spool/dist/filename all
   

   To install a one package in a single datastream format file, enter:

      pkginstall -s server:/var/spool/dist/filename pkgname