National Instruments 320685D-01 Distributing Standalone Executables under Solaris 1

Chapter 7 Creating and Distributing Standalone Executables and DL Ls

LabWindows/CVI Programmer Reference Manual 7-4

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makecvirte script prompts you to name the directory in which to place the completed

package. The package name is NICcvirte.

6. To install or remove a package on a machine you must log in as root. You can then use

either of the following two methods to install or remove a package:

• Use the Software Management Tool swntool located in the /usr/sbin directory

of your system.

• Use the following command to install a package:

pkgadd -d

<path to package> pkgname

To remove a previously installed package, issue the following command:

pkgrm

pkgname

Distributing Standalone Executables under Solaris 1

To distribute executable programs under Solaris 1, complete the followingsteps.

1. If your program loads UIR files with LoadPanel or loads external modules with

LoadExternalModule, use caution when you specify filenames in calls to these

functions. If you use a relative path, the path is relative to the directory that contains the

executable. Refer to the Location of Files on the Target Machine for Running

Executables and DLLs section in this chapter for more information.

2. Create a directory containing your executable program and associated files. Structure the

directory exactly as you want it to appear after installation. To test your program, run it

from that directory.

3. Use the shell script makedist in the misc/bin directory to create a distribution

package. This script creates a compressed tar file that contains the directory you created

in Step 2 and a copy of the LabWindows/CVI Run-time Engine.

4. Make a copy of the installation script INSTALL.sample in the misc/bin directory and

customize it using the information makedist provides. This installation script unpacks

a distribution package, creating a directory like the one you created in Step 2, and then

installs the LabWindows/CVI Run-time Engine. The installation script can install from

floppy disks or from the current directory.

5. If you want to distribute your program on floppy disks, use the shell script makefloppy

in the misc/bin directory to copy your installation script and distribution package to

floppy disks. If you want to distribute using some other method, such as anonymous FTP,

you must provide users with the package file that makedist creates and the customized

installation script that extracts the files from the package.

You can use this method under Solaris 2 if you do not want to use the pkgmk utility.