System and method for facilitating installing software
A system and method for facilitating installing software includes steps and means for identifying whether the phase of a software installing process changes and, responsive to the identifying a change in the phase of the software installing process, executing an additional task of the current phase of the software installing process.
1. A computer system for facilitating installing software, comprising:
a computer having at least one processor for implementing components;
a communication component for automatically obtaining installation-specific information;
an identifier component for automatically identifying whether a phase of a software installing process changes; and
a task scheduler component for, responsive to the identifier identifying a change in the phase of the software installing process, determining a symptom associated with the phase, accessing a symptom database, identifying a solution comprising as additional task of the current phase, and automatically executing an additional task of the current phase of the software installing process based on said installation-specific information.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said additional task comprises checking for dependency and conflicts between the software and other software.
3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said additional task comprises at least one of:
patching the software;
installing a piece of software; and
uninstalling a piece of software.
4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said additional task comprises at least one of:
adding configurations in a configuration file;
changing configurations in the configuration file; and
deleting configurations in the configuration file.
5. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a symptom reporter for reporting failure occurring during the execution of said additional task.
6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said communication component comprises:
an updater for obtaining update data at least comprising the additional task and script for executing the additional task.
7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein said update data comes from a packager and distributor.
8. The system according to claim 6 , wherein said update data comprises at least one of:
a datasheet from a software repository, artifacts from a software repository, a datasheet from a solution repository, artifacts from a solution repository, a datasheet from a symptom database and artifacts from a symptom database.
9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein said symptom database comprises problem checking scripts and corresponding problem resolving scripts.
10. A method for facilitating installing software, comprising the steps of:
automatically obtaining installation-specific information;
automatically identifying whether a phase of a software installing process changes; and
responsive to identification of a change in the phase of the software installing process, determining a symptom associated with the phase, accessing a symptom database, identifying a solution comprising as additional task of the current phase, and automatically executing an additional task of the current phase of the software installing process based on said installation-specific information.
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said additional task comprises checking for dependency and conflicts between the software and other software.
12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said additional task comprises at least one of:
patching the software;
installing a piece of software; and
uninstalling a piece of software.
13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said additional task comprises at least one of:
adding configurations in a configuration file;
changing configurations in the configuration file; and
deleting configurations in the configuration file.
14. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of:
reporting failure occurring during the execution of said additional task.
15. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of:
obtaining update data at least comprising the additional task and script for executing the additional task.
16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein said update data comprises at least one of:
a datasheet from a software repository, artifacts from a software repository, a datasheet from a solution repository, artifacts from a solution repository, a datasheet from a symptom database and artifacts from a symptom database.
17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein said symptom database comprises problem checking scripts and corresponding problem resolving scripts.
18. A computer program product comprising computer executable code stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium for performing method steps for facilitating installing software, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
automatically obtaining installation-specific information;
automatically identifying whether a phase of a software installing process changes; and
responsive to identification of a change in the phase of the software installing process, determining a symptom associated with the phase, accessing a symptom database, identifying a solution comprising as additional task of the current phase, and automatically executing an additional task of the current phase of the software installing process based on said installation-specific information.