Chapter 2

Building a Package

This chapter describes the process and the tasks involved in building a package. Some of these tasks are required. Some of these tasks are optional. The required tasks are discussed in detail in this chapter. For information on the optional tasks, which enable you to add more features to your package, see Chapter 3, Enhancing the Functionality of a Package (Tasks) and Chapter 6, Advanced Techniques for Creating Packages.

This is a list of the information in this chapter.

• The Process of Building a Package (Task Map)

• Package Environment Variables

• Creating a pkginfo File

• Organizing a Package's Contents

• Creating a prototype File

• Building a Package