Hi there, I need to install the Sun explorer package on hundreds of boxes and am writing a script to install it ..However, When you run

It is interactive .....well i say interactive ...it gives you two questions both of which I answer a simple yes to.

So i tried

but it says
mmmmm, interaction required ..ok, ill use pkgask to create a response file, but when I run

i get ....

so it is interactive, then it isnt interactive .....??? does anybody know if i can get this to install without asking me questions

any help would be greatly appreciated

You need an admin file not a respone file for this package.

Do I still use pkgask for admin files ?

No, you will need to create it manually.

Sorry but how do I create an admin file with just 2 `y`s in it ?

do following

# vi /var/sadm/install/admin/nocheck

mail=
instance=overwrite
partial=nocheck
runlevel=nocheck
idepend=nocheck
space=ask
setuid=nocheck
confiict=nocheck
action=nocheck
basedir=default
# pkgadd -a /var/sadm/install/admin/nocheck -d .

If it is literaly hundreds of boxes, another way of doing it is with expect scripts. You can automate copying the SUNWexplo package to all boxes and installing it.

SUN has released a new product Service Tool Bundle. it is basically a installation script which install many applications like Servicetags, Explorer, sneep. You need not bother about adding these applications manually. The script will do it for you. It is simple and easy to use.
download it from
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP...-F@CDS-CDS_SMI

That doesn't solve the problem, as it is also interective.

Please do what was suggested here. This will solve all of your problems.