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Stopping an Installation

The stop command cancels the command in progress and suspends the installation. If you use stop while Inst is reading the installation history or distribution inventory, or while it is calculating dependencies, Inst discards the processing results. For this reason, Inst must repeat the readings or calculations before executing subsequent list commands, selection requests, or the go command.

If you use stop while Inst is installing and removing software, it makes a record of pending selections. At the next go command, Inst restarts the installation process on any uncompleted product installations; then it continues processing the remaining selections that were pending.

Caution: Using stop during installation can leave software in an inconsistent state that requires a removal and reinstallation of the affected product. To resume the installation after issuing a stop command, use the continue command. The continue command resumes processing from the point at which it was interrupted.


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