Can you use the binary packages? Do you have all of the prerequisites installed from http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/5.2/5.2.4/admin/install/#gtadmin-prereq
Joe On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Mohammad Javad Rashti <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to install GT-5.2.4 source using source installer on a machine > with CentOS 5.3 (kernel 2.6.18-128). I am getting the following early error: > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/globus-5.2.4/lib64:/usr/lib: > /usr/local/globus-5.2.4/sbin/gpt-build CONFIGOPTS_GPTMACRO="-verbose" > -srcdir=./source-trees/core/source gcc64dbg > Cannot read compressed format in tar-mode at > /usr/local/globus-5.2.4/lib/perl/Grid/GPT/PkgDist.pm line 256 > ERROR: Unreadable TAR > file:/usr/local/globus-5.2.4/share/globus/gpt/globus_core-src.tar.gz > ERROR: Cannot read the pkgdata in > /usr/local/globus-5.2.4/share/globus/gpt/globus_core-src.tar.gz > at /usr/local/globus-5.2.4/lib/perl/Grid/GPT/PkgMngmt/SetupBuildFlavors.pm > line 151 > > > Grid::GPT::PkgMngmt::SetupBuildFlavors::select_core_src('Grid::GPT::PkgMngmt::SetupBuildFlavors=HASH(0xdbb2be0)', > 'usercore', 'undef', 'coreobj', > 'Grid::GPT::PkgMngmt::ExpandSource=HASH(0xdb8ba50)') called at > /usr/local/globus-5.2.4/sbin/gpt-build line 282 > make: *** [globus_core-only] Error 9 > > Here are the steps that I used to install: > # yum install perl-Archive-Tar (which installs this package: > perl-Archive-Tar.noarch 1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.2) > # ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/globus-5.2.4 --with-flavor=gcc64dbg > --with-buildopts='-verbose' > # make > > Can anyone point to the problem? I do not have this problem installing on FC > 11. > Thanks > Mohammad
