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Using Packager and Installer for Linux and UNIX

This chapter provides an overview of how to use the features and functions of the Packager and the Installer. For a better understand how to specify these features, see Building a Sample PIF Product. The sample PIF product contains many of the features.

The detailed descriptions of all keywords and properties that are used to describe the features in the prototype file can be found in the Keywords and Properties section.

This section contains the following topics:

PIF Products

Delta Products

Patch Products

Virtual Packages and Alias Names

Components of PIF Products

Files, Directories, and Symbolic Links in PIF Products

Disk Space Reservation for Files in PIF Products

Scripts within the Scope of Product Installation and Removal

Dependencies of PIF Products

Product Parameters

Templates for PIF Products

Installation Dialogs

Installation Dialog Editor

Support of Various Packaging Formats

Installer Functions Overview

No Dependency on the libncurses Library

Self-installing PIF Products

Integration of JRE in Self-installing PIF Products

Product Family Concept

Migration of Non-PIF Products

Installer Compatibility Considerations