Installation target directories

Some packages, or parts of a package (files), must be installed in particular directories. Other packages have no such requirement. The package developer specifies these requirements in the package installation file.

When you install a package that allows you to specify a target directory, one of the following events takes place:

• If you are installing in interactive mode, from the Application Installer or pkgadd(1M), you are prompted by the package for a location to install files.

• If you are installing in non-interactive mode (using pkgadd), the target directory will be set to either the name specified in the admin file, or a backup location defined by the package.