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__NOTOC__
= "Software" Documentation - Installationsystem - Layout =

The installation system creates a directory structure containing scripts, perl module, compoment directories and so on. This page describes the structure and the meaning of the directories and their content.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| /bin
|
| sub directory containing the scripts to manage and installation or that are part of an installed component
|-
|
| install_module
| installs a new component from a tarball
|-
|
| list_module
| lists all installed components
|-
|
| activate_module
| activates a component (makes it available in the environment
|-
|
| remove_module
| removes a component
|-
|
| validate_module
| lists files that have been changed after installation
|-
|
| add_cvs_repository
| installs a new component from a CVS server
|-
|
| ''component''_start
| wrapper scripts to start perl scripts provided by a component
|-
|
| ''symlinks''
| shortcuts to start perl scripts of some component
|-
|
|
|
|-
| /share
|
| perl modules and management files of the installation system, sub directories for compoments
|-
|
| config
| scripts to create the runtime environment, e.g. setting up pathes and environment variables
|-
|
| exec
| templates for the component start scripts
|-
|
| modules.dtd, modules.xml
| component management and configuration
|-
|
| perl
| perl modules of the installation system
|-
|
| ''component''-''version''
| subdirectory containing a component. The layout of the directories depends on the component
|-
|
| ''component''
| symlink to the activated version of a component. These links are used within various environment variables to point to the right version of a component
|-
|
|
|
|-
| /var
|
| storage for data that is generated by the components. Each components uses a sub directory to keep the data seperated
|-
|
|
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|-
| /tmp
|
| used during module installation for extracting tarballs or as CVS working directory. Content may be removed after the installation has finished
|}

Note:
* The components currently available to not include architecture dependent files.

Author: [http://www.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de/~blinke Burkhard Linke]

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