Installing xCATΒΆ
xCAT consists of two software packages: xcat-core
and xcat-dep
xcat-core xCAT’s main software package and is provided in one of the following options:
Latest Release (Stable) Builds
This is the latest GA (Generally Availability) build that has been tested throughly
Latest Snapshot Builds
This is the latest snapshot of the GA version build that may contain bug fixes but has not yet been tested throughly
Development Builds
This is the snapshot builds of the new version of xCAT in development. This version has not been released yet, use as your own risk
xcat-dep xCAT’s dependency package. This package is provided as a convenience for the user and contains dependency packages required by xCAT that are not provided by the operating system.
xCAT is installed by configuring software repositories for xcat-core
and xcat-dep
and using zypper package manager. The repositories can be publically hosted or locally hosted.