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Installp is the main software packaging format used on AIX. When you install a installp fileset on an AIX server it installs files in to the appropriate directories on the AIX server.
You can easily see a list of files that a installp package installed on the server by running 'lslpp -f fileset' (where fileset is the name of any installed fileset). When you install a installp fileset there is more going on then just files getting copied to the right place. Most filesets also include several scripts that are run when the software is installed or uninstalled. These scripts can do almost anything from stopping/starting processes, creating files, deleting files, changing configuration files or system settings, etc. If you are having problems installing, upgrading, or uninstalling a installp fileset you might need to take a look at the filesets installp related scripts to troubleshoot the issue.
It is easy to extract these scripts following these steps. In this example, we are working with the SDDPCM fileset.
List the files in the fileset and look for the liblpp.a files: # restore -Tvqf devices.sddpcm.61.rte grep liblpp.a New volume on devices.sddpcm.61.rte: Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks). The volume number is 1. The backup date is: Tue Jun 4 04:56:16 CDT 2013 Files are backed up by name. The user is root. The number of archived files is 88. /usr/lpp/devices.sddpcm.61/instroot/liblpp.a 90014.
/usr/lpp/devices.sddpcm.61/liblpp.a The./usr/lpp/devices.sddpcm.61/instroot/liblpp.a file is for the root part of the install, and the./usr/lpp/devices.sddpcm.61/liblpp.a is for the usr part of the install. Extract the liblpp.a files: # restore -xvqf devices.sddpcm.61.rte./usr/lpp/devices.sddpcm.61/instroot/liblpp.a New volume on devices.sddpcm.61.rte: Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks). The volume number is 1. The backup date is: Tue Jun 4 04:56:16 CDT 2013 Files are backed up by name. The user is root.
X 33484./usr/lpp/devices.sddpcm.61/instroot/liblpp.a The total size is 33484 bytes. The number of restored files is 1. # restore -xvqf devices.sddpcm.61.rte./usr/lpp/devices.sddpcm.61/liblpp.a New volume on devices.sddpcm.61.rte: Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks). The volume number is 1.
The backup date is: Tue Jun 4 04:56:16 CDT 2013 Files are backed up by name. The user is root.
X 90014./usr/lpp/devices.sddpcm.61/liblpp.a The total size is 90014 bytes. The number of restored files is 1. The files are extracted relative to whatever directory you are currently in. Extract the liblpp.a files: The liblpp.a files contain the scripts, and can be extracted with the 'ar' command: # cd./usr/lpp/devices.sddpcm.61/ # ls -al total 176 drwxr-xr-x 3 root system 256 Nov 17 16:35. Drwxr-xr-x 3 root system 256 Nov 17 16:35.