Hi Hugo, In my initial email I said that I was on Linux. I didn't say specifically Red-Hat 4, which maybe I should have.
Dwayne ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:03:19 +0200 >From: Hugo Visser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: "arsystem.tar" error installing as non-root >To: [email protected] > > ** 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] > 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___ > > __20060125_______________________This posting was > submitted with HTML in it___ Dwayne Martin Computing Support James Madison University _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
