Method and system for revising installation software

• US 20070226726A1
• Filed: 08/27/2004
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siebel Systems Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Robsahm, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 7,774,775 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

A method and system for revising installation software is disclosed. The method includes causing an installation program to configure at least a portion of the installation program using an update. An example of a system of the present invention is an installation architecture. Such an installation architecture includes an installation program. The installation program is configured to update at least a portion of the installation program.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing an installation program to configure at least a portion of said installation program using an update.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing said installation program to perform said configuring in the event of an installation performed by said installation program being unsuccessful.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

performing an installation by restarting said installation program, wherein

said at least said portion of said installation program has been configured using said update.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if said at least said portion of said installation program should be configured using said update.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein

said update comprises an installation program component.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said determining comprises:

querying a remote source to determine if said at least said portion of said installation program should be configured using said update.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein said determining comprises:

detecting a failure of an installation performed by said installation program.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

causing said installation program to perform said configuring in response to said detecting.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein said determining comprises:

querying a user to determine if said at least said portion of said installation program should be configured using said update.

10. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining availability of said update.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

installing said update.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

configuring said at least said portion of said installation program with said update.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein

said update comprises an installation program component.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

performing an installation by restarting said installation program, wherein

said at least said portion of said installation program has been configured using said update.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon a failure of an installation performed by said installation program, determining if an error in said installation can be corrected by an update to said installation program, wherein said error is a cause of said failure.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining said error from a log file.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said determining comprises:

reading said log file, and

parsing said log file.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining if said error can be corrected by one of a plurality of updates, wherein said updates comprise said update to said installation program.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

identifying said update by selecting said update to said installation program from said updates, wherein

said update is said update to said installation program.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

performing said causing said installation program to configure said at least said portion of installation program using said update, if said installation can be corrected by said update to said installation program, wherein

said update is said update to said installation program.

21. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a location of said update.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein said determining said location comprises at least one of:

determining if said location is identified in a configuration file,

determining if said installation program includes said location, and

determining said location by querying a user.

23. An installation architecture comprising:

an installation program, wherein

said installation program is configured to update at least a portion of said installation program.

24. The installation architecture of claim 23, further comprising:

an application source file, wherein

said application source file comprises an application component, and

said installation program is further configured to install said application component.

25. The installation architecture of claim 23, further comprising:

an installation program component, wherein

said installation program is configured to access said installation program component, and

said installation program is configured to perform said configuration of said at least said portion of said installation program using said installation program component.

26. The installation architecture of claim 25, wherein

said installation program is configured to perform said updating in the event of an installation being unsuccessful

27. The installation architecture of claim 25, further comprising:

a configuration file, wherein

said configuration file comprises update location information,

said update location information indicates a location of said installation program component,

said installation program is configured to access said configuration file, and

said installation program is configured to determine said location using said update location information.

28. The installation architecture of claim 27, further comprising:

a plurality of installation program components, wherein

said installation program components comprise said installation program component.

29. The installation architecture of claim 28, wherein

said installation program is configured to select at least one of said installation program components.

30. The installation architecture of claim 27, further comprising:

an application source file, wherein

said application source file comprises an application component, and

said installation program is further configured to install said application component.

31. The installation architecture of claim 30, further comprising:

a host computer,

said installation program is further configured to install said application component on said host computer.

32. The installation architecture of claim 31, wherein

installation of said application component on said host computer by said installation program results in an installed application component being installed on said host computer.

33. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

computer readable medium coupled to said processor; and

computer code, encoded in said computer readable medium, comprising an installation program and configured to cause said processor to;

cause said installation program to configure at least a portion of said installation program using an update.

34. The computer system of claim 33, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

cause said installation program to execute said computer code configured to cause said processor to cause said installation program to configure said at least said portion of said installation program using said update, in the event of an installation performed by said installation program being unsuccessful.

35. The computer system of claim 33, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

determine if said at least said portion of said installation program should be configured using said update.

36. The computer system of claim 35, wherein said computer code configured to cause said processor to perform said determining is further configured to cause said processor to:

detect a failure of an installation performed by said installation program.

37. The computer system of claim 36, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

cause said installation program, in response to a detection of said failure, to execute said computer code configured to cause said installation program to configure said at least said portion of said installation program using said update.

38. The computer system of claim 35, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

determine an availability of said update.

39. The computer system of claim 38, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

install said update.

40. The computer system of claim 39, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

configure said at least said portion of said installation program with said update.

41. The computer system of claim 40, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

perform an installation by restarting said installation program, wherein

said at least said portion of said installation program has been configured using said update.

42. The computer system of claim 35, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

upon a failure of an installation performed by said installation program,

determine if an error in said installation can be corrected by an update to said installation program, wherein said error is a cause of said failure.

43. The computer system of claim 42, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

determine if said error can be corrected by one of a plurality of updates, wherein

said updates comprise said update to said installation program, and

said update is said update to said installation program.

44. The computer system of claim 42, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

execute said computer code configured to cause said processor to cause said configuration program to configure said at least said portion of installation program using said update, if said installation can be corrected by said update to said installation program, wherein said update is said update to said installation program.

45. The computer system of claim 35, wherein said computer code is further configured to cause said processor to:

determine a location of said update.

46. The computer system of claim 45, wherein said computer code configured to determine said location of said update is further configured to cause said processor to perform at least one of:

determining if said location is identified in a configuration file,

determining if said installation program includes said location, and

determining said location by querying a user.

47. A computer program product comprising:

an installation program, wherein

said installation program comprises a first set of instructions, executable on a computer system, configured to cause said installation program to configure at least a portion of said installation program using an update; and

computer readable media, wherein said computer program product is encoded in said computer readable media.

48. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a second set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to cause said installation program to execute said first set of instructions, in the event of an installation performed by said installation program being unsuccessful.

49. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a second set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to determine if said at least said portion of said installation program should be configured using said update.

50. The computer program product of claim 49, wherein said second set of instructions comprises:

a first subset of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to detect a failure of an installation performed by said installation program.

51. The computer program product of claim 50, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a third set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to cause said installation program, in response to a detection of said failure, to execute said first set of instructions.

52. The computer program product of claim 49, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a third set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to determine an availability of said update.

53. The computer program product of claim 52, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a fourth set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to install said update.

54. The computer program product of claim 53, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a fifth set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to configure said at least said portion of said installation program with said update.

55. The computer program product of claim 54, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a sixth set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to perform an installation by restarting said installation program, wherein

said at least said portion of said installation program has been configured using said update.

56. The computer program product of claim 49, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a third set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to determine if an error in said installation can be corrected by an update to said installation program, upon a failure of an installation performed by said installation program, wherein said error is a cause of said failure.

57. The computer program product of claim 56, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a fourth set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to determine if said error can be corrected by one of a plurality of updates, wherein

said updates comprise said update to said installation program, and

said update is said update to said installation program.

58. The computer program product of claim 56, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a fourth set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to execute said first set of instructions, if said installation can be corrected by said update to said installation program, wherein

said update is said update to said installation program.

59. The computer program product of claim 49, wherein said installation program further comprises:

a third set of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to determine a location of said update.

60. The computer program product of claim 59, wherein said third set of instructions comprises:

a first subset of instructions, executable on said computer system, configured to perform at least one of;

determining if said location is identified in a configuration file,

determining if said installation program includes said location, and

determining said location by querying a user.

61. An apparatus comprising:

an installation program comprising means for causing said installation program to configure at least a portion of said installation program using an update.

62. The apparatus of claim 61, further comprising:

causing said installation program to perform said configuring in the event of an installation performed by said installation program being unsuccessful.

63. The apparatus of claim 61, further comprising:

determining if said at least said portion of said installation program should be configured using said update.

64. The apparatus of claim 63, wherein said determining comprises:

detecting a failure of an installation performed by said installation program.

65. The apparatus of claim 64, further comprising:

causing said installation program to perform said configuring in response to said detecting.

66. The apparatus of claim 63, further comprising:

determining an availability of said update.

67. The apparatus of claim 66, further comprising:

installing said update.

68. The apparatus of claim 67, further comprising:

configuring said at least said portion of said installation program with said update.

69. The apparatus of claim 68, further comprising:

performing an installation by restarting said installation program, wherein

said at least said portion of said installation program has been configured using said update.

70. The apparatus of claim 61, further comprising:

upon a failure of an installation performed by said installation program,

determining if an error in said installation can be corrected by an update to said installation program, wherein said error is a cause of said failure.

71. The apparatus of claim 70, further comprising:

determining if said error can be corrected by one of a plurality of updates, wherein

said updates comprise said update to said installation program, and

said update is said update to said installation program.

72. The apparatus of claim 70, further comprising:

performing said causing said installation program to configure said at least said portion of installation program using said update, if said installation can be corrected by said update to said installation program, wherein

said update is said update to said installation program.

73. The apparatus of claim 63, further comprising:

determining a location of said update.

74. The apparatus of claim 73, wherein said determining said location comprises at least one of:

determining if said location is identified in a configuration file,

determining if said installation program includes said location, and

determining said location by querying a user.