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vinstall and vuninstall


Your account contains another feature unique to the VPS products to make configuration of your account easier. The proprietary vinstall v-command allows the easy installation and configuration of programs to your account. Programs available for installation through vinstall have been configured specifically for the VPS system and allow you to utilize a variety of programs without complicated manual configuration.

The vuninstall utility removes files and configurations created by the vinstall utility. This section discusses using vinstall and vuninstall to list available programs, find information about them, install, and/or remove programs.

Interactive and Non-Interactive

You can execute the vinstall utility using interactive commands, or supply the needed information as command-line options to avoid the interactive vinstall prompts. Refer to Table 1 for a list of the possible vinstall actions you can execute and the interactive and non-interactive commands for each. Substitute vuninstall for vinstall when removing programs.

Certain programs may prompt for further information as part of their own installation process, even when using the non-interactive vinstall commands.

vinstall command options

Actions Interactive Command Non-interactive Command
Enter interactive mode vinstall n/a
List available programs ? vinstall -l
Find additional information about a program program n/a
Enter install mode install n/a
Install a program program
(while in install mode)
vinstall program

Exit interactive mode
quit n/a

Press ctrl+c at any time to exit the interactive or non-interactive vinstall process. Use this option with caution as it immediately cancels vinstall and may leave installations and programs incomplete and non-functional.

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