Creating/Installing a bff

JStone · September 23, 2008, 8:45am

I posted my question here regarding creating/installing a bff package to a directory of user's choice (instead of fixed one), still looking for an answer :o mklpp does not seem to handle this. (Can someone confirm?)

Can the .toc file edited prior to installing the bff and modified so that the installation can be performed to a directory of user's choice? I tried this, but the bff does not seem to read the .toc? Can any one shed some light regarding this?

Thanks!!

aixylinux · January 5, 2009, 10:12am

It isn't what you asked, but AIX also supports the RPM package format. If you can use RPM, then the rpm --relocate option might work for you.

system · January 5, 2009, 10:38am

Here is how to create a .bff package:

Howto create an AIX LPP / BFF package

you can create the package with the software installed anywhere you want, but as far as I know you cannot choose an installation location during install via installp. You may be able to work something using the pre or post install scripts.