Overview of IBM Packaging Utility
IBM Packaging Utility allows you to manage repositories and packages.
You can use the Packaging Utility to perform the following tasks:
- Generate a new repository for packages.
- Copy multiple packages to one repository.
- Copy multiple versions of a product to one repository. Users point to the same repository to update installed products.
- Save disk space when multiple packages that share components are added to one repository. Only one copy of the shared components is kept in the repository.
- Delete packages that are no longer needed.
- Create a repository to install packages over HTTP.
- Copy packages from CD installation images or IBM repositories to a repository that resides on an internal server or a local machine.
Restriction: Installing from an HTTP server requires using the Packaging Utility. You must use Packaging Utility to create the repository that resides on the HTTP server.
Search for the latest version of Packaging Utility: Packaging Utility downloads .
For the most current information about the IBM Packaging Utility, see the release notes:
- On Windows, click Start > Programs > IBM Packaging Utility > Readme.
- On Linux and Solaris, go to the documentation directory within your product installation location and open the file readme.html.
Known problems are recorded in individual documents in the Support knowledge base. As problems are discovered and resolved, the knowledge base is updated and maintained with new information. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.
Links to known issues for the Packaging Utility releases are available in the Packaging Utility related links topic: Packaging Utility related links .