How to verify a package is installed ok through installp?

[whn]

Hi, experts,

I am new to aix and I need to verify whether a SW package is installed successfully through command 'installp'. I know I can use 'lslpp -f' to list the names of the files added to the system during installation of the specified fileset. But how can I tell the output of 'lslpp -f' is all correct?

For example, if I installed a package using 'pkgadd', I should be able to verify the installation according to pkgmap using a command like 'pkgchk -m pkgmap'. Wouldn't there be some similar commands to verify 'installp' is successful?

I have read man page for 'installp' & 'lslpp'. I'd guess 'install -l' could be helpful. But I don't know what argument to follow 'install -p'. To be more specific, I installed a package using thie command:

% installp -agXd . {packagename}

I guess that I should be able to tell what files are going to be installed before I execute the above command. After installation, I can then check the output of 'lslpp -f {packagename}'.

Could someone here kindly tell me how to find out what files are to be installed before the actuall installation?

Sorry for the lengthy post. I just want to make myself clear.

Thanks.

 

[khalidaaa]

lslpp -L | grep filesetname

Is enough to tell whether the software have been installed or not!

Other than that is using the software to verify!

Regards,
Khalid

 

[whn]

After a long search, I found an answer, well partially.

Before actually installing the package, run this command to get a list of files that will be installed:

% restore -Ta -vf {packagename}

After installing the package, ran 'lslpp -f {packagename}'. Then we can compare whether all files defined in the backup file (packagename} are successfully installed.

However, the only problem that I have now is that the 'restore' command requires a user interaction:

% restore -Ta -vf EMCpower_install
Please mount volume 1 on EMCpower_install.
        Press the Enter key to continue.

Note that in the above example, I was trying to install a EMC powerpath package. How do I avoid this? I need to write a tool to automate this process, so that I have to bypass any interaction steps.

Thanks for your help.

 

[p5wizard]

man restore... see -q flag

also you might want to check out the lppchk command (see man page or google for more info)


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[whn]

Thank you, p5wizard! That's the answer!!

I just found out this and wanted to come here to update this and saw your post.

So, the correct cmd is:

% restore -Tlvqf {packagename}
or
% restore -Tavqf {packagename}

where {packagename} is a backup file.

 

[whn]

I have a follow-up question on this one. I have noticed that a file's permission is changed from what's defined in a backup file after installation.

Take EMC's powerpath as an example. Before installation:

% restore -Tlvqf EMCpower_install | grep powermt
New volume on EMCpower_install:
Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks).
The volume number is 1.
The backup date is: Mon Jul 23 11:12:05 EST 2007
Files are backed up by name.
The user is root.
The number of archived files is 78.
[COLOR=red]-rwxr-xr-x- 29080    43093     Jul 23   2007        432623 ./usr/sbin/powermt[/color]
-rwxr-xr-x- 29080    43093     Jul 23   2007         93512 ./usr/share/man/man1/powermt.1

After installation:

% ls -l /usr/sbin/powermt
[COLOR=red]-r-x------    1 root     system       432623 Jul 23 2007  /usr/sbin/powermt[/color]

The permission has been changed from 755 to 500. Is there a reason behind this?

BTW, the install cmd I used is like this: "installp -agXd . EMCpower". The default umask for root is 022. I also changed it to '000' & '077'. It seemed to me that did not make any differences at all.

In addition, in the following line:

% restore -Tlvqf EMCpower_install | grep powermt
......
......
-rwxr-xr-x- [b]29080    43093[/b]     Jul 23   2007        432623 ./usr/sbin/powermt

What do '29080' and '43093' stand for? They do not look like uid and gid.

Thank you for your help.

 

[p5wizard]

The post-install script for any given software can do all kinds of stuff, including chown and chmod actions. So don't bet on the restore -T listing showing the same info as an ls -l listing after the install. I'd use lppchk to verify installation of a particular software.

And those strange numbers just mean that the backup was made by a user/group with those IDs. Your server doesn't know the UID and GID so it just shows the numeric IDs.


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[whn]

Thank you so much, p5wizard, for your explaination.

But how to use lppchk? I guess that I could use one of following arguments:

-f Fast check (file existence, file length)
-c Checksum verification
-v Fileset version consistency check
-l File link verification

But, when I used them, nothing returned, e.g.

% lppchk -f EMCpower*
%

Does it mean "no message means good message"?

Thanks again.

 

[khalidaaa]

IMHO Yes

Regards,
Khalid

 

[p5wizard]

Please read the man page for lppchk (especially the -m flag). But yes indeed, no news is good news...


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[whn]

Thank you, Khalid & p5wizard!

Another follow-up question:

I noticed that after installation, there are three files not found in the file system:

1)./lpp_name
2)./usr/lib/boot/protoext/disk.proto.ext.scsi.pseudo.power
3)./usr/lpp/EMCpower/liblpp.a

I then did a bit search and found this IBM doc:General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs. I think I got some kind of understanding about lpp_name & liblpp.a by reading the IBM doc. However, I am wondering how I can actually see the contents of these two files? There must be a cmd to list the contents, right? could you please tell me what these commands/arguments are?

In addition, I could not figure out what disk.proto.ext.scsi.pseudo.power is and why it is not found after installation.

Again, thanks for your help!!