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

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