pkgadd problem in solaris2.6
James Carter
[ ... ]
: i downloaded gcc and gzip from nce.sun.ca, and transferred them
: from the ss2 to the ss10. any system requires a compiler to get going!
: i placed the downloaded file from nce.sun.ca into /var/spool/pkg. i
: type 'pkgadd gzip*' and get the response:
: pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in <var/spool/pkg>
[ ... ]
Arthur,
After downloading the package, uncompress it if necessary, then do a
pkgadd -d filename
Regards,
James
Andrew J. Caines
James Carter <j...@access.net.au (James Carter)> writes:
> After downloading the package, uncompress it if necessary, then do a
> pkgadd -d filename
To expand a bit on what's happening here, there are two formats in which
you will find packages. One is in the form of directory structure with a
top-level directory named after the package and containing the package
files. Usually there are distributed in a "tarball" - a gzip'ed (or
compressed) tar file (.tar.gz, .tgz or .tar.Z).
For example, I download a package RICHPse.tar.gz and put it in
/var/download. To add it, I do the following:
root# cd /var/download
root# ls -F RICHPse.*
RICHPse.tar.gz
root# gunzip RICHPse.tar.gz
root# ls -F RICHPse.*
RICHPse.tar
root# tar -xf RICHPse.tar
root# ls -F RICHPse.*
RICHPse/
root# pkgadd -d . RICHPse
and the package install begins. Note that the "-d ." specifies the
directory in which pkgadd will look for the package directory - in this
case the current directory. I could have used
root# pkgadd -d /var/download RICHPse
instead, or put the package directory in /var/spool/pkg and missed out the
"-d" altogether.
Solaris itself is made of packages - take a look in the "product"
directory of the Solaris software CD. The UNC Metalab package archive,
<http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/packages/solaris/sparc/>, distributes packages
like this.
The other form is a "package datastream", in which package data is encoded
in a single text file. Typically, these will be gzip'ed to save space and
bandwidth.
For example, I download a package lsof-4.45-sol7-sparc-32-local.gz and put
it in /var/download. To add it, I do the following:
root# cd /var/download
root# gunzip lsof-4.45-sol7-sparc-64-local.gz
root# head -6 lsof-4.45-sol7-sparc-64-local
# PaCkAgE DaTaStReAm
SMClsof 1 2154
# end of header
NAME=lsof
ARCH=sparc
VERSION=4.45
root# pkgadd -d lsof-4.45-sol7-sparc-64-local
and the package install begins. Note that the "-d" in this case specifies
the file in which pkgadd will look for the package data.
Both Sun Freeware <http://www.sunfreeware.com/> and the PatriotSoft FTP
site <ftp://ftp.patriots.net/pub/solaris_packages/> distributes packages
like this.
Depending on how you have it configured, sometimes you can download
"somepackage.gz" with a Netscape browser and it will save the file as
"somepackage", but when you try to to pkgadd it, you get
pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed
- bad format in datastream table-of-contents
pkgadd: ERROR: could not process datastream from </var/download/somepackage>
The problem is that "somepackage" is still gzip'ed. Rename it
"somepackage.gz" and gunzip it.
HTH someone..
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| -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer N.W.P...@nygnivfgn.arg |
Frits Schouten
>
>In article <393d...@news.access.net.au>,
>James Carter <j...@access.net.au> wrote:
>>arthur wouk (aw...@blackhole.nyx.net) wrote:
>>[ ... ]
>>: i downloaded gcc and gzip from nce.sun.ca, and transferred them
>>: from the ss2 to the ss10. any system requires a compiler to get going!
>>: i placed the downloaded file from nce.sun.ca into /var/spool/pkg. i
>>: type 'pkgadd gzip*' and get the response:
>>
>>: pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in <var/spool/pkg>
>>[ ... ]
>>
>>Arthur,
>>
>>
>> pkgadd -d filename
>
>is a script:
>
># pkgadd -d gzip-1.2.4-sol26-sparc-opt
>cpio: Impossible header type.
>1 errors
>pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed
>pkgadd: ERROR: could not process datastream from
>
>i looked at the file. the first lines say
>
># PaCkAgE DaTaStReAm
>FSFgzip 1 786
># end of header
>
>--
>Never argue with an idiot; he'll drag you down to his level, then beat you
>with experience. - unknown -
> to send me email, remove 'blackhole.' from my address
>
And I just downloaded gcc from SUN freeware which is giving me the following
output when doing pkgadd:
pkgadd -d gcc-2_95_1-sol25-sparc-local
The following packages are available:
1 SMCgcc gcc
(sparc) 2.95.1
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:
Processing package instance <SMCgcc> from
</opt/gcc/gcc-2_95_1-sol25-sparc-local.gz>
gcc
(sparc) 2.95.1
cpio: Unexpected end-of-archive encountered.
1 errors
pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed
- process </usr/bin/cpio -icdumD -C 512> failed, exit code 1
pkgadd: ERROR: unable to unpack datastream
Installation of <SMCgcc> failed (internal error).
No changes were made to the system.
Anyone any ideas??
Thanks,
Frits.
Joe Durusau
much bigger. Typical systems need a Gbyte or so in /, /usr, and
/export/home to avoid things getting squashed. The defualt installation
almost always makes things to tight. You will find, for example,
that /var gets a lot biger as time goes on, and yoyu will have trouble
if you delete anything serious out of it or try to use symlinks.
Speaking only for myself,
Joe Durusau
arthur wouk wrote:
>
> thanks to all the guidance, i now have functioning gzip on my ss10
> with the fresh install of solaris 2.6.
>
> now i am trying to get gcc2.9.2 going. i have the installable package
> (gunzipped it runs to 68megs approximately) and during the attempt to
> run pkgadd it bombs out with errno 28.
>
> a samole line from the error message is
>
> cpio: Cannot write "reloc/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun/solaris2.6/2.95.2/cc1plus",
> errno 28, No space left on device
>
> there are a lot of these, this is a sample.
>
> now i have over 1.3 megs free on this disk. where is cpio trying to
> write this? is there any way to change the relocation site in the
> pkgadd command, to put this all where it should go? i am trying to
> install gcc-2.05.2-sol26-sparc-local. /usr has about 67megs free at
> the moment on my system.
>
> should i establish linked directory /usr/local with the actual
> location where i have lots of space (say /export/home/local)? are
> there any permissions needed in advance to make this link work for the
> installation of gcc?
Andy M
schouten...@bhp.com.au (Frits Schouten) wrote:
> In article <96034045...@iris.nyx.net>, aw...@blackhole.nyx.net
says...
following
> output when doing pkgadd:
>
> pkgadd -d gcc-2_95_1-sol25-sparc-local
>
> The following packages are available:
> 1 SMCgcc gcc
> (sparc) 2.95.1
>
> Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
> all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:
>
> Processing package instance <SMCgcc> from
> </opt/gcc/gcc-2_95_1-sol25-sparc-local.gz>
A-HA! you need to gunzip this first!
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Before you buy.
Steven M. Christensen
/var/tmp
/var/adm/pkg
/var/spool/pkg
/usr/local ( or sometimes /opt or other directories )
during installation.
If you don't have much space in one or more of these, pkgadd -d
on the gunzipped package file may not work and give you "No space
left on device" messages. Often, the default install of Solaris does not
put much space in /var, /usr, or both. Therefore, you must
add more space either by repartioning (which is a pain usually),
or by creating symbolic links with ln -s to some directories with
more space.
Steve Christensen
sunfreeware.com
In article <96035722...@iris.nyx.net>,