Step 7: Quitting the Installation Session

Step 7: Quitting the Installation Session

You can leave an installation session at any time by issuing the quit command at the Inst prompt. If any installation or removal selections are pending, Inst notifies you:

Inst> quit 
There are products marked for installation or removal.
Do you really want to quit?(y/n)

If you enter y, the session ends and your pending selections are not processed. Enter n if you decide to continue the session.

If the installation installed a new icon in the icon database, you see this message:

The Icon Database is being updated. Desktop icons may disappear for a moment.

The icons disappear and then reappear after about five seconds.

Handling Unresolved Conflicts

In some cases, there may be unresolved conflicts when you enter the quit command to end a session. For example, unresolved conflicts occur when you try to end a session without installing all software that is required for an operating system upgrade.

If there are unresolved conflicts when you enter the quit command, Inst posts this message:

ERROR: INCOMPATIBLE SUBSYSTEMS INSTALLED
Some software that was already installed on your system prior to this 
session is incompatible with the new software. The conflict messages above
(or below) list the incompatible software. You can either:
- Insert another CD or specify another distribution directory that contains
  compatible versions of software (for example, if you are in the middle 
  of an operating system upgrade, insert the next CD that you received 
  with the upgrade), then start the installation.
- Remove the incompatible software by making conflict resolution choices
  as shown above (or below).

Example 4-14 : Conflicts Message When Quitting Inst This message is followed by a list of conflicts that must be resolved before you can end the session successfully. See "Step 6: Resolving Conflicts and Other Errors" for information on conflict resolution.

Note: If you set the rulesoverride preference on (not recommended), the conflicts message varies from the one shown in Example 4-14. With rulesoverride on, the message identifies the unresolved conflicts and warns you that the installation will be performed despite remaining conflicts.

If Rebooting Is Needed

If you install products that require a system reboot to put the software into effect, you see the message in Example 4-15.

Installations and removals were successful
You must reboot your system to complete the installation.
Inst>

Example 4-15 : Quit Prompt With the Reboot Message After you reboot the system, you see this message:

Requickstarting necessary files

The Requickstart Sequence

During exit processing, Inst synchronizes the libraries and executable files in the new installation that rely on shared objects. This process is known as a requickstart; it ensures a faster startup time for the affected files. For some installations, the requickstart might require as long as 20 minutes; however, for most installations, much less time is required. During the requickstart, you see informational messages similar to this:

Building dynamic ELF inventory file for rqs(1) processing .. 100% Done.
Invoking rqs(1) on necessary dynamic ELF objects .. 100% Done.