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  • 1.  Command to get Installed software with Publisher information.

    Posted Mon October 21, 2024 10:25 AM

    Hi Everyone,

    I am creating a tool to collect all the installed software and its related information.

    I am using "lslpp" command, but it is not returning the software publisher information in the output. 

    Is there any other option to get the installed software with publisher/vendor/manufacturer information?



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    Vijay Rajasekar
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  • 2.  RE: Command to get Installed software with Publisher information.

    Posted 29 days ago

    Hi Vijay, lslpp "liSt Licenced Program Products" is an IBM implementation and as such only lists IBM products.

    If you have rpm installed you can use

    rpm -qi -all 

    which lists IBM installed software and any open-source or third party vendors.

    Note, only those products installed using rpm will show additional information and not all of them will show the publisher - it all depends on what the publisher put into the install.



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    Michael Davison
    EMEA Support Team Lead
    Fortra
    Peterborough
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  • 3.  RE: Command to get Installed software with Publisher information.

    Posted 28 days ago
    Edited by Zaki Jääskeläinen 28 days ago

    There are a few non-IBM products also installed in LPP format. One example is EMC PowerPath drivers for AIX.

    Michael Perzl's open source collection for AIX is also in LPP format, but maybe that doesn't count as he's an IBMer. ;-)

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    Zaki Jääskeläinen
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  • 4.  RE: Command to get Installed software with Publisher information.

    Posted 28 days ago

    The command "geninv -l" (or "geninv -lc" if you want it more properly formatted) will give you all software installed through one of the package managers, including LPP (installp), RPM, ISMP etc.

    But as Michael Davidson wrote, nobody creating an installation package is forced to include a publisher name in the description. If it is not there, these geninv/lslpp/rpm etc. will not be able to display it.



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    Richard Westerik
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