48.2. The Cluster Software Packages Module

This module allows you to install, view, and delete packages on multiple systems at once. If you need to roll out some program to a large number of systems, this module can be used to perform the installation with a single action. The alternative is to install manually on each host or to use NFS to share program files from a single server to multiple clients.

Before reading on, you should have a complete understanding of how the regular Software Packages module works, what packages are, and what they can do. Chapter 12 covers all of these in detail, so read it now. The user interfaces of the two modules are very similar, and the instructions in this chapter assume that you are familiar with the regular ...

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