dspackinst - Package installation

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:38 am

Hi,

Iam trying to install Oracle stage using dspackinst utility. I never used this before. It asking me for 'Package Directory'. May I know, if there is any default location available? Or always I need to point to CD?
Or this is confugurable during Installaion.
I treid $DSHOME, $DSHOME/bin and some other directories too.
Any inputs highly appreciated.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:49 am

It must be the directory that contains the file whose name ends in ".dsp". This might be on the CD, or it might be that you have copied the CD to disk.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:04 am

You know you could rerun the Server installation and have it installed in all projects at once, rather than one by one using dspackinst... yes?

This would also update the 'template' project, such that any new project created after this would also have the plug-in.

DSguru2B · Post by **DSguru2B** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:31 am

chulett wrote:You know you could rerun the Server installation and have it installed in all projects at once, rather than one by one using dspackinst... yes?

This would also update the 'template' project, such that any new project created after this would also have the plug-in.

Craigs suggestion seems more effective. Especially if it updates the project template.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:34 am

I haven't had a use for the 'package installer' since I stopped releasing jobs years ago. Rerunning the installation puts you in 'maintenance' mode and one option there is to just install plug-ins.

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:20 pm

Thanks Ray,

I could see some files like

...DS_PLUGIN_STAGES/Samples/Passive/Passive.dsp
...DS_PLUGIN_STAGES/Samples/Passive/PassiveRes.dsp

But these files doesn't seems to be the one for this purpose, neither the directory in which it resides.
I guess, I should ask for CD to run the Maintenance mode installation.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:39 pm

The ones in Samples are for would-be plug-in writers. Find the dsp files under the appropriate folder (e.g. Oracle).

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:53 pm

I found all these all under a directory where Installation CD is unpacked. I couldn't find any other files available with this extension. So I guess, the content of Plug-ins were not copied.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:40 pm

Kumar - on my HPUX cdrom there is a packages directory and then the various plug-in folders under that. So for OCI:

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\packages\oci9\hp
\packages\oci9\hp\oci9.dsp
\packages\oci9\hp\dstage
\packages\oci9\hp\dstage\oraoci9.enu
\packages\oci9\hp\dstage\oraoci9.jpn
\packages\oci9\hp\dstage\oraoci9.sl

So you should have something equivalent for your O/S. I don't recall if you point to th 'oci9' directory or the 'hp' directory under that, but one of the two should work for the package path it is prompting you for.

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:34 am

Oh yeah... everything in the same place!!! Thanks Craig.
Permission was the only issue which hided me in finding it. It is owned by root. So couldn't get access. I ll try once again after I get permission granted by Admin.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:57 am

Doesn't the package installer need to be run by root? I seem to recall that as an issue with its continued use in the past... or has that changed lately?

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:00 pm

Iam working in Version 7.0.
Same path. Worked with dsadm.