It could be your version of "tar" (you didn't share the OS you are installing on). I know that GNU tar differs from some other tar versions, some open source sites explicitly state that you need gnu tar for their releases. It might be that you need GNU tar or that your OS version of tar needs updating.
If you have a windows box around you could try to untar the file using winzip or the like to verify the integrity of the downloaded file. Hugo On 9/17/07, Joe D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** > > It does sound like a corrupted file to me.. Did you try to download the > file again and install from a newly downloaded file? > > Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>]On Behalf Of Dwayne > Martin > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 11:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: "arsystem.tar" error installing as non-root > > > First of all, Thank You! to those who responded. > > In the installation screen output I am finding: > > ** > ---------- List of Extracted Files ----------- > bin/ > bin/runmacro > tar: bin/runmacro: Wrote only 1536 of 10240 bytes > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > tar: help: Not found in archive > tar: locale: Not found in archive > tar: templates: Not found in archive > tar: plugins/ssoldap: Not found in archive > tar: plugins/ardbcconf: Not found in archive > tar: plugins/areahub: Not found in archive > tar: plugins/serveradmin: Not found in archive > tar: plugins/FlashboardObject: Not found in archive > tar: ora_db: Not found in archive > tar: samples: Not found in archive > tar: z: Not found in archive > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > ** > > I copied "arsystem.tar" to a "temp" file and un-tarred it. It produced a > lot of folders with subfolders and files. "help", "templates", "plugins", > "ora_db" and "z" are not there, but "locale" and "samples" distinctly are. > (I get variations on the list of things it can't find.) > > Could this be the problem? If so, why hasn't anybody else noticed it? > I'm surely not the first person to try installing 7.1 (altho I may be the > first to install as non-root). And why am I getting the same error when > re-installing 7.0.1, which I have installed successfully in the past? > > I tried renaming "arsystem.tar" to "arsystem.tar.bk" and the installer > complained right away, so it at least is finding the file. > > Now, to reply to those who responded: > Axton: > > "You have to make sure that /etc/rpc was updated with the proper program > numbers if installing as non-root." > > Please tell me more. My non-root login has permissions to /etc/rpc. What > numbers should I be seeing? > > Take a look in the install script and see where it attempts to upack the > tar file. It could be that the user has no permissions to the location > where the tar is being unpacked." > > A good thing to check on. I looked at the script and everything appears > to be going into files that the non-root login has permissions to, and has > been writing into all along. > > "It may also be that you are missing a / at the beginning of the path for > the installation product:" > Another good thing to check on. But yes, the "/" is there. > > Joe: > "What is the error you are getting during the install???" > "./ar_install : Unable to extract the product files from the CDROM file > arsystem/linux/arsystem.tar" > > Mac: > "Yes, before you execute the install, run this command to tell the install > you are installing as non-root > export ARNONROOTINSTALL="TRUE" > Have good weekend." > > Yes, I have set up and exported "ARNONROOTINSTALL="TRUE"". The installer > stops you right away if you don't have ARNONROOTINSTALL="TRUE", and you > aren't root. > > Thanks again, > Dwayne Martin > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:20:44 -0400 > >From: Axton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: "arsystem.tar" error installing as non-root > >To: [email protected] > > > >You have to make sure that /etc/rpc was updated with the proper > >program numbers if installing as non-root. > > > >Take a look in the install script and see where it attempts to upack > >the tar file. It could be that the user has no permissions to the > >location where the tar is being unpacked. > > > >It may also be that you are missing a / at the beginning of the path > >for the installation product: > > > >./ar_install : Unable to extract the product files from > >the CDROM file arsystem/linux/arsystem.tar > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > >Axton Grams > > > >On 9/14/07, Dwayne Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, > >> > >> I am upgrading our Linux AR Server from 7.0.1 to 7.1 as non-root. > (Oracle 10.2 db) > >> > >> Everything went OK till the very end when I got: > >> > >> * * * > >> ./ar_install : Unable to extract the product files from > >> the CDROM file arsystem/linux/arsystem.tar > >> > >> * * * > >> > >> The message referred me to two log files, one of which simply repeated > what I saw on the screen, and the other gave the date and time of > installation. > >> > >> I logged in as root, and gave "arsystem/linux/arsystem.tar" total > permissions. I can see it with my non-root login. > >> > >> But when I tried the installation again I got the same error. > >> > >> And here is what makes it really bad. I restart the AR System, and it > says "Action Request System initialization is complete," but when I try to > sign in on the User tool I get. "ARERR [90] Cannot establish a network > connection to the AR System server : rem2 (0) : RPC: Program not > registered." "ps -ef | grep armonitor" etc shows that none of the vital > processes are running. > >> > >> Fortunately this isn't our live server, but I can't do any development > work till this gets solved. > >> > >> Finally I decided to reinstall the 7.0.1 version. But when I do (I've > tried it twice) I get the same error. I've installed 7.0.1 several times > and never seen this error. > >> > >> Any idea what is going on and what I can do about it? > >> > >> Dwayne Martin > >> James Madison University > >> > >> Dwayne Martin > >> Computing Support > >> James Madison University > > __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in > it___ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
