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
>


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