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Package Management with Software Manager

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Meta data. This is the is minimum amount of information that constitutes a package.
The resources associated with each package's installation.
The installation file.
A command line for running the installation when it is installed.
Additional files that should be deployed with the installation (example: an
informational text file).
The last three items above represent package definition information.
Adding Packages to the Software Manager Database
For packages to be managed, they must be in the Software Manager database. To get
packages into the database, you can do any of the following:
Add the package's meta data in Windows Installer Editor.
Import the package's definition from Workbench.
Import the package and its resources in Software Manager.
See How to Get Packages Into the Software Manager Database
Import on page 34.
Once packages are in the Software Manager database, you can do the following:
Create and Manage Package Groups
A package group consists of a subset of the packages in the Software Manager
database. You can use groups to:
Organize your packages, which lets you filter the displays and some of the reports in
Software Manager and ConflictManager.
Deploy multiple related packages at once.
Install packages that you would not otherwise be able to repackage and deploy
because they are of unknown format, or because they require a command line to
run.
See Package Groups on page 87.
Edit Package Information
Use Software Manager to maintain the packages in the Software Manager database.
Change the package status so you can determine whether a package can be
deployed to end users.
Edit package information. Example: You can rename the application or package, or
change the reference to the source file paths.
Enter or edit user-defined package meta data.
Delete a package from the Software Manager database.
See Viewing and Editing Package Attributes
Status on page 108.
Introduction to Software Manager
on page 32 and
on page 93 and Changing the Package
Package
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