INTERPRETED MULTIPLE PRODUCT INSTALLATION

• US 20090144727A1
• Filed: 05/28/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Felts, David
• Application Number:
  US12/127,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20090144727A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/175
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

An installer can do a combined installation of multiple software products. The installer can do a combined pre-install phase, a combined install phase, and a combined post-install phase for the multiple software products.

Claims

1. An installer adapted to do a combined installation of multiple software products, the installer adapted to do a combined pre-install phase, a combined install phase, and a combined post-install phase for the multiple software products.

2. The installer of claim 1, wherein the software products are each made of components.

3. The installer of claim 1, wherein multiple software products are combined using an alias.

4. The installer of claim 1, wherein the installer provides a single pre-install presentation to a user.

5. The installer of claim 4, wherein the preinstall presentation obtains user pre-install input at a single time.

6. An installer adapted to provide a single pre-install presentation to a user for multiple software products, the pre-install presentation obtaining user pre-install input at a single time.

7. The installer of claim 6, wherein the software products are each made of components.

8. The installer of claim 6, wherein the multiple products are defined by an alias.

9. The installer of claim 6, wherein the installer provides a combined pre-install phase, combined install phase and a combined post-install phase for the multiple products.

10. A computer readable storage medium including:

installer code to do combined installation of multiple software products, the installer code doing a combined pre-install phase, a combined install phase, and a combined post-install phase for the multiple products.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the software products are each made of components.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein multiple software products are combined using an alias.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the installer provides a single pre-install presentation to a user.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the preinstall presentation obtains user pre-install input at a single time.

15. A computer readable storage medium including:

installer code to provide a single pre-install presentation to a user for multiple software products, the pre-install presentation obtaining user pre-install input at a single time.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the software products are each made of components.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein multiple software products are combined using an alias.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the installer provides a combined pre-install phase, combined install phase and a combined post-install phase for the multiple products.