Usually you need to be root and not just "su -c" I guess it works the same on OpenSuse as it does on fedora. So..
su - csh cd /path/to/your/extracted/softimage ./setup try that and see how it goes. regards stefan On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Eric Gunther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I hope this is not too aggravating, but I am trying to get 2011 to > install on opensuse 12.1 > > > I have succeeded with all of the preliminaries but while doing the > install of softimage itself I get an error ( which by the way is not > mentioned in the dialog, only the option to see the log ). > > I believe that there is a problem with the installation program setting > the environment variables. > > I issued: > > su -c ./setup > > to install > > below is the entire log although I think this part is of particular > importance; > > "Running: [(cd /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > PYTHONPATH=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin;export > PYTHONHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin; > ${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/mwpython > Application/bin/win32com/axscript/client/pyscript.py) >& /dev/null] > Error during the installation" > > I suspect that there is only an issue with the permissions although I > don't know which permissions to change and what may change back. > > Thanks for any help, > > -e > > > system info:::::: > opensuse 12.1 > gnome 3.2.1 > 64 bit > :::::::::: > > >>>>>>>> SETUP Log File created on 2012-10-28-16h16 <<<<<<< > Starting Installation > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;SI_COMMONDIR=/usr/Softimage//Softimage;export > SI_COMMONDIR;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setcoex > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsireg.so" > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsireg.so") > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setval > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsireg.so" "Interactive > Cache\Active" reg_dword "0") > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setval > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsireg.so" "Root > Locations\InstallRoot" reg_sz "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/") > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;SI_COMMONDIR=/usr/Softimage//Softimage;export > SI_COMMONDIR;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setcoex > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsireg.so" > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libdotxsi.so") > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;SI_COMMONDIR=/usr/Softimage//Softimage;export > SI_COMMONDIR;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setcoex > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsireg.so" > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsuminfo.so") > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setval > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsuminfo.so" "Root > Locations\ArchivesRoot" reg_sz > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Data/DSArchives") > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setval > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsuminfo.so" "Root > Locations\CommonRoot" reg_sz "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Data/DSPresets") > > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setval > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsuminfo.so" "Root > Locations\InstallRoot" reg_sz "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/") > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setval > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsuminfo.so" "Root > Locations\MainRoot" reg_sz "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Data/XSI_SAMPLES") > > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setval > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsuminfo.so" "Root > Locations\ScriptsRoot" reg_sz > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/DSScripts") > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/sireg -setval > "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/libsuminfo.so" > "Resources\Path" reg_sz "/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/rsrc") > > /dev/null] > Running: > [(cd > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME;MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWHOME;MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > MWREGISTRY;SI_COMMONDIR=/usr/Softimage/Softimage/;export > SI_COMMONDIR;${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/cmdreg -f "Application/bin/XSICOMDLLs.lst") > /dev/null] > Commenting out the setting of SPM_HOST > Setting ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE to "@70.44.113.171" > Generation of /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/.xsi_2011 completed > Generation of /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/xsi > completed > Generation of /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/xsibatch > completed > Running: [(cd /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export > MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export > MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export > PYTHONPATH=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin;export > PYTHONHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin; > ${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl > Application/bin/mwpython > Application/bin/win32com/axscript/client/pyscript.py) >& /dev/null] > Error during the installation > > -- 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