About This Guide

This guide describes how to use Software Distributor to install, configure, package, and manage software for HP-UX on HP 9000 systems

This guide is written for:

Stand-alone HP-UX users, primarily concerned with quick and easy access to the right software management tools to get their normal work done. This may include software installation, viewing, or removal and basic depot management.
HP-UX system administrators, primarily concerned with keeping other users up and running. Additional software management tasks may include more complex depot management, security, patch management, remote operations, and performance management.
Software packagers, primarily concerned with packaging software into SD-usable format and writing scripts that may accompany the packaged software.




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This edition offers additional depot management examples, improved organization, error corrections, and numerous minor enhancements.

This guide also includes information from this previously published paper:

Technical documentation