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

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