SUN Packaging Guide -
Roadmap

Roadmap of this guide

Table of contents:
  1. Introduction
    • Prerequisites
    • Using standard compiler and make
    • Using gcc and GNU make
  2. About the pkginfo file
    • Syntax of pkginfo file
    • Variables
    • Required Variables
  3. The prototype file
    • Syntax of prototype file
    • File Types
    • Include options
    • Example
  4. Writing installation/procedure scripts
    • Types of scripts
    • Differences between types
    • Global Variables
    • The installation scripts
    • • The request script
    • • The checkinstall script
    • The procedure scripts
    • • The preinstall script
    • • The postinstall script
    • • The preremove script
    • • The postremove script
  5. Writing class action scripts
    • Defining classes
    • Default classes
    • Possible methods
    • • Using system classes
    • • The build class
    • • The preserve class
    • • Creating own classes
  6. Creating a package
    • Necessary commands
    • Completing the prototype
    • • pkgmk
    • • pkgchk
    • • pkgtrans
    • • Testinstallation