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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Michael R. Burke, Rochester, MN (US);
Nicholas F. Campion, Rochester, MN (US);
Kevin W. Kirkeby, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph H. Peterson, Kasson, MN (US);
Michael R. Burke, Rochester, MN (US);
Nicholas F. Campion, Rochester, MN (US);
Kevin W. Kirkeby, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph H. Peterson, Kasson, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for installing an application on a computer are disclosed. Following receipt of a request to install an application, a software state, comprising the new application and several of the applications installed on the computer, is derived. Then, the method determines whether the software state can be implemented on the computer. If the software state cannot be implemented on the computer, then the method derives another software state. This is repeated until the derived software state can be implemented on the computer system, or until determining that no software state exists which can be implemented on the computer system.