Method 1: Installing from the SCO CD-ROM disk

You can install the UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent directly from the SCO CD-ROM in one of the following ways:


These instructions assume that the operating system is correctly configured to support CD-ROM filesystems prior to beginning the installation process.



Installing the UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent from the Desktop

To install the UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent from the UnixWare Desktop:

  1. Log in to the Desktop as owner.

  2. Insert the media containing the UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent for SCO ARCserve/Open in the CD-ROM drive.

  3. Start the Application Installer.

  4. Select the correct device (for example, CD-ROM_1) in the ``Install From'' field.

  5. Click on Update View to see the packages that are available to install. The UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent package is called UAGENT.

  6. Select the UAGENT package and click on Install.

  7. When you have installed the UAGENT package, select Exit from the Actions menu.


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Installing the UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent from the command line

To install the UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent from the UnixWare command line:

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Insert the media containing the UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent for SCO ARCserve/Open in the CD-ROM drive.

  3. Mount the CD-ROM drive:

    /usr/sbin/mount -rF cdfs /dev/cdrom/c0b0t#l0 /cdrom

    where /cdrom is the mount point directory and t# is the SCSI ID of the CD-ROM device. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is set to a SCSI ID of 5, you would specify /dev/cdrom/c0b0t5l0.

  4. Run the pkgadd utility, specifying the UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent package, UAGENT:

    pkgadd -d /cdrom UAGENT.pkg


    When pkgadd has finished, you have successfully installed the UnixWare 7 and SCO UnixWare Client Agent.


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