Re: rpm problem
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:00 PM, ToddAndMargo toddandma...@zoho.com wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? By using s cluebat on the package author. It's not a good package. It's misnamed, it drops everything in a relative directory, and there is no license. This is not a safe thing to install anywhere. Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. No, it puts it all in 'pdfstudio9'. Like I said, the author of the RPM needs a cluebat applied. I'd suggest mkdir /opt, then run 'rpm2cpio there to get the directory contents. But I'd sooner stick my hand in a blender than trust this thing, gods alone know what they put in the RPM pre-scripts. and post-scripts. In general, RPM's should not be trusted without the relevant SRPM available, and both signed by a trusted developer or company. RPM's are installed as root, and can ruin or erase importent system components and configurations by accident or by malice. One may as well open an attached zip file on a Windows box.
Re: rpm problem
On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
Re: rpm problem
On 07/24/2014 02:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T Well, if the cpio works, extract it to / and run the postinstall portion from rpm -qp --scripts filename.rpm It looks like they are owned by 'root.root' in the rpm. Have you tried getting it directly from qoppa.com? -Mark -- Mr. Mark V. Stodola Senior Control Systems Engineer National Electrostatics Corp. P.O. Box 620310 Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA Phone: (608) 831-7600 Fax: (608) 831-9591
Re: rpm problem
On 07/24/2014 12:17 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T Well, if the cpio works, extract it to / and run the postinstall portion from rpm -qp --scripts filename.rpm It looks like they are owned by 'root.root' in the rpm. Have you tried getting it directly from qoppa.com? We are sorry but as previously mentioned we do not support the RPM installer. We have other users that have been able to successfully install using the RPM so I'm not sure what that error could be. -Mark -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
Re: rpm problem
On 07/24/2014 02:19 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:17 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T Well, if the cpio works, extract it to / and run the postinstall portion from rpm -qp --scripts filename.rpm It looks like they are owned by 'root.root' in the rpm. Have you tried getting it directly from qoppa.com? We are sorry but as previously mentioned we do not support the RPM installer. We have other users that have been able to successfully install using the RPM so I'm not sure what that error could be. -Mark Well, if it works by hand, it shouldn't be too hard to recreate the RPM from what you have. I would take a whack at it, but I'm already behind on preparing for extended travel. Someone else here could help with the finer details if you need. -Mark -- Mr. Mark V. Stodola Senior Control Systems Engineer National Electrostatics Corp. P.O. Box 620310 Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA Phone: (608) 831-7600 Fax: (608) 831-9591
Re: rpm problem
On 07/24/2014 12:29 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:19 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:17 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T Well, if the cpio works, extract it to / and run the postinstall portion from rpm -qp --scripts filename.rpm It looks like they are owned by 'root.root' in the rpm. Have you tried getting it directly from qoppa.com? We are sorry but as previously mentioned we do not support the RPM installer. We have other users that have been able to successfully install using the RPM so I'm not sure what that error could be. -Mark Well, if it works by hand, it shouldn't be too hard to recreate the RPM from what you have. I would take a whack at it, but I'm already behind on preparing for extended travel. Someone else here could help with the finer details if you need. -Mark is [Desktop Entry] part of the post install script?
Re: rpm problem
On 07/24/2014 02:30 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:29 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:19 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:17 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T Well, if the cpio works, extract it to / and run the postinstall portion from rpm -qp --scripts filename.rpm It looks like they are owned by 'root.root' in the rpm. Have you tried getting it directly from qoppa.com? We are sorry but as previously mentioned we do not support the RPM installer. We have other users that have been able to successfully install using the RPM so I'm not sure what that error could be. -Mark Well, if it works by hand, it shouldn't be too hard to recreate the RPM from what you have. I would take a whack at it, but I'm already behind on preparing for extended travel. Someone else here could help with the finer details if you need. -Mark is [Desktop Entry] part of the post install script? Yes, if you look close, the lines right above that call xdg-open, and are echoing the [Desktop Entry] lines into a file (using the ). It is basically creating a desktop icon entry in a common location. /bin/echo -e #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=PDF Studio 9 Exec=/bin/sh \$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9\ Icon=$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/.install4j/pdfstudio9.png $I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9.desktop That is all one line of a command essentially. It looks like the script just makes a few symlinks and ensures the newly created desktop icon is executable. The rest is just unpacking jar files, which I'm not as familiar with as I haven't touched java in close to a decade. It all looks straight forward. -Mark -- Mr. Mark V. Stodola Senior Control Systems Engineer National Electrostatics Corp. P.O. Box 620310 Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA Phone: (608) 831-7600 Fax: (608) 831-9591
Re: rpm problem
On 07/24/2014 12:37 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:30 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:29 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:19 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:17 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T Well, if the cpio works, extract it to / and run the postinstall portion from rpm -qp --scripts filename.rpm It looks like they are owned by 'root.root' in the rpm. Have you tried getting it directly from qoppa.com? We are sorry but as previously mentioned we do not support the RPM installer. We have other users that have been able to successfully install using the RPM so I'm not sure what that error could be. -Mark Well, if it works by hand, it shouldn't be too hard to recreate the RPM from what you have. I would take a whack at it, but I'm already behind on preparing for extended travel. Someone else here could help with the finer details if you need. -Mark is [Desktop Entry] part of the post install script? Yes, if you look close, the lines right above that call xdg-open, and are echoing the [Desktop Entry] lines into a file (using the ). It is basically creating a desktop icon entry in a common location. /bin/echo -e #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=PDF Studio 9 Exec=/bin/sh \$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9\ Icon=$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/.install4j/pdfstudio9.png $I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9.desktop That is all one line of a command essentially. It looks like the script just makes a few symlinks and ensures the newly created desktop icon is executable. The rest is just unpacking jar files, which I'm not as familiar with as I haven't touched java in close to a decade. It all looks straight forward. -Mark Hi Mark, Do you know how to do the reverse of the cpio extraction? In other words, how to make it back into an rpm? -T
Re: rpm problem
On 07/24/2014 02:45 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:37 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:30 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:29 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:19 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:17 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T Well, if the cpio works, extract it to / and run the postinstall portion from rpm -qp --scripts filename.rpm It looks like they are owned by 'root.root' in the rpm. Have you tried getting it directly from qoppa.com? We are sorry but as previously mentioned we do not support the RPM installer. We have other users that have been able to successfully install using the RPM so I'm not sure what that error could be. -Mark Well, if it works by hand, it shouldn't be too hard to recreate the RPM from what you have. I would take a whack at it, but I'm already behind on preparing for extended travel. Someone else here could help with the finer details if you need. -Mark is [Desktop Entry] part of the post install script? Yes, if you look close, the lines right above that call xdg-open, and are echoing the [Desktop Entry] lines into a file (using the ). It is basically creating a desktop icon entry in a common location. /bin/echo -e #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=PDF Studio 9 Exec=/bin/sh \$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9\ Icon=$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/.install4j/pdfstudio9.png $I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9.desktop That is all one line of a command essentially. It looks like the script just makes a few symlinks and ensures the newly created desktop icon is executable. The rest is just unpacking jar files, which I'm not as familiar with as I haven't touched java in close to a decade. It all looks straight forward. -Mark Hi Mark, Do you know how to do the reverse of the cpio extraction? In other words, how to make it back into an rpm? -T You need to use rpmbuild and write a small SPEC file. It's a bit much to explain in email. I suggest grabbing this guide to get started: https://www.gurulabs.com/downloads/GURULABS-RPM-LAB/GURULABS-RPM-GUIDE-v1.0.PDF It's not hard, and if you grab a SPEC from another simple source rpm, it shouldn't take long to have a usable output. Basically, you have to tar up the files you extracted, create the spec w/ the postinstall/preuninstall script sections, and tell it to go. There are probably guides from TUV that have best practices for naming and locations, but you aren't required to follow them, especially for something this trivial/personal use. -Mark -- Mr. Mark V. Stodola Senior Control Systems Engineer National Electrostatics Corp. P.O. Box 620310 Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA Phone: (608) 831-7600 Fax: (608) 831-9591
Re: rpm problem
On 07/24/2014 01:20 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:45 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:37 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:30 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:29 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:19 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:17 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T Well, if the cpio works, extract it to / and run the postinstall portion from rpm -qp --scripts filename.rpm It looks like they are owned by 'root.root' in the rpm. Have you tried getting it directly from qoppa.com? We are sorry but as previously mentioned we do not support the RPM installer. We have other users that have been able to successfully install using the RPM so I'm not sure what that error could be. -Mark Well, if it works by hand, it shouldn't be too hard to recreate the RPM from what you have. I would take a whack at it, but I'm already behind on preparing for extended travel. Someone else here could help with the finer details if you need. -Mark is [Desktop Entry] part of the post install script? Yes, if you look close, the lines right above that call xdg-open, and are echoing the [Desktop Entry] lines into a file (using the ). It is basically creating a desktop icon entry in a common location. /bin/echo -e #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=PDF Studio 9 Exec=/bin/sh \$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9\ Icon=$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/.install4j/pdfstudio9.png $I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9.desktop That is all one line of a command essentially. It looks like the script just makes a few symlinks and ensures the newly created desktop icon is executable. The rest is just unpacking jar files, which I'm not as familiar with as I haven't touched java in close to a decade. It all looks straight forward. -Mark Hi Mark, Do you know how to do the reverse of the cpio extraction? In other words, how to make it back into an rpm? -T You need to use rpmbuild and write a small SPEC file. It's a bit much to explain in email. I suggest grabbing this guide to get started: https://www.gurulabs.com/downloads/GURULABS-RPM-LAB/GURULABS-RPM-GUIDE-v1.0.PDF It's not hard, and if you grab a SPEC from another simple source rpm, it shouldn't take long to have a usable output. Basically, you have to tar up the files you extracted, create the spec w/ the postinstall/preuninstall script sections, and tell it to go. There are probably guides from TUV that have best practices for naming and locations, but you aren't required to follow them, especially for something this trivial/personal use. -Mark Hi Mark, Thank you for helping me with this! -T
Re: rpm problem
On 07/24/2014 03:19 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 01:20 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:45 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:37 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:30 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:29 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:19 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/24/2014 12:17 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/24/2014 02:00 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark Hi Mark, I get your same md5sum and I am able to to do the rpm2cpio thing as well. But, still get the cpio error when trying to install. Rats! -T Well, if the cpio works, extract it to / and run the postinstall portion from rpm -qp --scripts filename.rpm It looks like they are owned by 'root.root' in the rpm. Have you tried getting it directly from qoppa.com? We are sorry but as previously mentioned we do not support the RPM installer. We have other users that have been able to successfully install using the RPM so I'm not sure what that error could be. -Mark Well, if it works by hand, it shouldn't be too hard to recreate the RPM from what you have. I would take a whack at it, but I'm already behind on preparing for extended travel. Someone else here could help with the finer details if you need. -Mark is [Desktop Entry] part of the post install script? Yes, if you look close, the lines right above that call xdg-open, and are echoing the [Desktop Entry] lines into a file (using the ). It is basically creating a desktop icon entry in a common location. /bin/echo -e #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=PDF Studio 9 Exec=/bin/sh \$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9\ Icon=$I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/.install4j/pdfstudio9.png $I4J_INSTALL_LOCATION/pdfstudio9.desktop That is all one line of a command essentially. It looks like the script just makes a few symlinks and ensures the newly created desktop icon is executable. The rest is just unpacking jar files, which I'm not as familiar with as I haven't touched java in close to a decade. It all looks straight forward. -Mark Hi Mark, Do you know how to do the reverse of the cpio extraction? In other words, how to make it back into an rpm? -T You need to use rpmbuild and write a small SPEC file. It's a bit much to explain in email. I suggest grabbing this guide to get started: https://www.gurulabs.com/downloads/GURULABS-RPM-LAB/GURULABS-RPM-GUIDE-v1.0.PDF It's not hard, and if you grab a SPEC from another simple source rpm, it shouldn't take long to have a usable output. Basically, you have to tar up the files you extracted, create the spec w/ the postinstall/preuninstall script sections, and tell it to go. There are probably guides from TUV that have best practices for naming and locations, but you aren't required to follow them, especially for something this trivial/personal use. -Mark Hi Mark, Thank you for helping me with this! -T Learning the art of building RPMs is a valuable skill, no time like the present to learn. Once you know what you are doing, you can have a nice environment setup to build things. A lot of people use 'mock' to ensure clean build environments (chroot), but like I said before, not necessary in this case. -Mark -- Mr. Mark V. Stodola Senior Control Systems Engineer National Electrostatics Corp. P.O. Box 620310 Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA Phone: (608) 831-7600 Fax: (608) 831-9591
rpm problem
Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T
Re: rpm problem
On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm # cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm Preparing... ### [100%] 1:PDFStudio ### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: cpio: Archive file not in header Any way to fix this? Many thanks, -T I would first check the integrity of the file. I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). It unpacked fine though using rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv I have the following checksum on it: MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in /pdfstudio9. -Mark
