The following text is extracted from HP-UX Manual titled
"Managing HP-UX Software With SD-UX"

Commands Overview

The syntax, options, defaults and operands are similar for all these SD-UX commands:

swinstall

Installs or updates software on your computer from a CD-ROM/tape or from a special SD-UX directory location called a depot (see section "Distribution Depots" ). Software is installed directly into a default directory (/) or into a user-specified directory location on the local host. swinstall automatically configures the system to run the software (if it is installed into the / directory). See Chapter 2 for more information.

swcopy

Copies software from a CD-ROM/tape into one or more "depots" on the local host. Software that is copied into a depot cannot be used; it must be installed from that depot to make it usable. If your system is to be accessible as a software installation "source" by other systems, you must first copy the software from the physical media into a depot. swcopy can consolidate many different software products and versions into a depot. Configuration is not done with swcopy. See Chapter 2 for more information.

swremove

Deletes software that has been installed on your system. Also removes software from depots. See Chapter 6 for more information.

swlist

Displays or lists information about software that is installed on your system, contained in depots or on physical media. See Chapter 5 for more information.

swconfig

Prepares your system to run software that was installed with swinstall. Although configuration is automatically performed as part of the swinstall command, swconfig explicitly configures, reconfigures or unconfigures a host when these actions are needed separately. See Chapter 3 for more information.

swverify

Compares the original software files on the source against those that were installed to verify their integrity. Also verifies software that was copied to a depot. See Chapter 3 for more information.

swreg

Normally, the swcopy command automatically registers newly created depots to make them "visible" to other systems and the swremove command automatically "unregisters" them. swreg registers or unregisters depots when these actions are needed separately. See Chapter 4 for more information.

swmodify

SD-UX commands automatically keep track of software management operations by creating an Installed Products Database (IPD) and various "catalog files" (see section "Installed Products Database" in this chapter for more information) that contain information about the software on the system. Although neither the IPD or catalog files can be edited directly, the swmodify command allows you to change the contents of these files via the command line. See Chapter 7 for more information.

swpackage

Allows software vendors and system administrators to "package" software products onto a tape or depot which is then used as a software source. System administrators can also use this command to repackage existing product filesets for installation. See Chapter 9 , Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 for more information.

swacl

SD-UX software objects are protected from unauthorized access by Access Control Lists (ACLs). swacl lets you view, specify and change these access permissions. See Chapter 8 for more information on SD-UX Software Security.

The SW-DIST product provides this SD-UX functionality and is included on your HP-UX 10.0 Core OS Disk or Tape. If this product is missing or corrupted on your system, you will not be able to install or copy any HP-UX software that is in the SD-UX format, including a new SW-DIST product. Refer to Appendix C for information on how to re-load SD-UX functionality.