Installing Depot files on HP-UX 11.23 ia64
Download your depot files from http://hpux.connect.org.uk/ based on your machine type.
Download it, for example : bash-3.2-ia64-11.23.depot.gz, put it on /tmp.
Install it with 2 option :
1. It will display SAM
# swinstall -s /tmp/bash-3.2-ia64-11.23.depot.gz
2. It don't display SAM, so you get quick way
# swinstall -s /tmp/bash-3.2-ia64-11.23.depot.gz bash
Don't forget to install dependencies for this depot file, it's different from Redhat, who will reject rpm that missed dependencies.
HP-UX accept all depots without any warning, but you must install dependencies yourself.
You can know dependencies on http://hpux.connect.org.uk/, when you download, look at any dependencies for this depot file.
Check depot files that already installed on your system
# swlist
Somehow any error happened when installing from directory another than /tmp, for example : /data.
You should register that directory to depot.
# cd /data
# swreg -l depot `pwd`
If it still fails, look at my post before about setting hostname on HP-UX and try to commented all lines on /etc/resolv.conf.