[IDV #LWP-415350]: sh idv_2_9u2_linux64_installer.sh / Could not untar archive. Aborting.

Hi Sam.

We suspect that the installer may be corrupted. Please delete it, and try 
downloading it again. Let us know what happens.

-Julien


> Hi
> 
> I am getting a rather strange error when installing the new version of
> IDV. Normally I would run the shell script as root, but I am running
> into this problem:
> 
> smc@nakrasana:/data/static_data/tarballs/idv$ su
> Password:
> root@nakrasana:/data/static_data/tarballs/idv# sh
> idv_2_9u2_linux64_installer.sh
> Could not untar archive. Aborting.
> Since the shell script is not an archive, I am wondering if the error
> pertains to the sfx or jre archives called by the installer script?
> 
> If I run the shell script without being root the installer starts fine,
> but I don't have permission to create the symlinks or to put the program
> somewhere sensible like /usr/share.
> 
> smc@nakrasana:/data/static_data/tarballs/idv$ sh
> idv_2_9u2_linux64_installer.sh
> Unpacking JRE ...
> tar: bin/ControlPanel: Cannot create symlink to `./jcontrol': Operation
> not permitted
> tar: man/ja: Cannot create symlink to `ja_JP.eucJP': Operation not permitted
> tar: lib/amd64/server/libjsig.so: Cannot create symlink to
> `../libjsig.so': Operation not permitted
> tar: javaws/javaws: Cannot create symlink to `../bin/javaws': Operation
> not permitted
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> Preparing JRE ...
> Starting Installer ...
> 
> Before I go any further, do you have any suggestions about how best to
> proceed?
> 
> ---------------
> System info:
> smc@nakrasana:/data/static_data/tarballs/idv$ hwinfo --cpu
> Arch: X86-64
> Vendor: "GenuineIntel"
> Model: 6.23.6 "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T9500  @ 2.60GHz"
> 
> Hardware Class: graphics card
> Model: "nVidia Quadro FX 1600M"
> Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
> Device: pci 0x040d "Quadro FX 1600M"
> SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
> SubDevice: pci 0x019b
> Revision: 0xa1
> Driver: "nvidia"
> Driver Modules: "nvidia"
> 
> 01: None 00.0: 10102 Main Memory
> [Created at memory.61]
> Unique ID: rdCR.CxwsZFjVASF
> Hardware Class: memory
> Model: "Main Memory"
> Memory Range: 0x00000000-0x1f3418fff (rw)
> Memory Size: 8 GB
> 
> OS: Ubuntu 9.04 with modified kernel
> smc@nakrasana:~$ uname -a
> Linux nakrasana 2.6.30.1.emp5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 28 11:37:36 EDT
> 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> -------------------
> 
> Best fishes
> 
> Sam
> 
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> Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA,
> 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LWP-415350
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed