OpenROAD 2006 Installation (Linux) -- dear god please help.

[mvf]

Hi,

I'm hoping that someone can save my sanity.

I want to install OpenROAD 2006 on Linux (with Ingres 2006 running on CentOS, a RHEL5 clone). My attempts so far have met with limited success.

The first problem that I encountered (whcih I was able to solve) is that the OpenROAD 2006 installation requires install.dat to exist. If you install from RPM's, it doesn't. I eventually figured out that if I did the non-RPM installation of Ingres, I would have an install.dat file and the OpenROAD 2006 installation would proceed.

My happiness was short-lived, to say the least. When unpacking the files, it geneated errors saying that /bin/tar couldn't seet utime (operation not permitted). These errors appeared (one for ordev, one for orrun) at the "moving product" stage.

I have disabled SELinux (completely).

I even went so far as to chmod 777 the entire $II_SYSTEM tree. No go.

At this point, I'm pretty sure its not a permissions problem.

So, I guess my question is:

1) Is there a way to make this work?

2) Does ANYONE have OpenROAD 2006 running on linux? If so, please tell me what distribution/version and I'll use that. I don't care even slightly what distribution of Linux I end up using, as long as Ingres 2006 and OpenROAD 2006 both work on it.

I'm at my wit's end, so I hope that someone has some insight to offer.

[Bodo]

OpenROAD 2006 is certified for SuSE 9 and 10 and RHEL (Server & Desktop) 3 and 4, and have several customers using it.
We have run it internally on RHEL 5 as well.

I have no idea if CentOS is providing all the binaries, libraries and kernel settings required.
See a similar problem here http://www.webservertalk.com/archive...1-1717264.html

I assumed that you followed the installation guide and used the ORINSTALL.ING script.

[mvf]

Originally Posted by Bodo

OpenROAD 2006 is certified for SuSE 9 and 10 and RHEL (Server & Desktop) 3 and 4, and have several customers using it.
We have run it internally on RHEL 5 as well.

I have no idea if CentOS is providing all the binaries, libraries and kernel settings required.
See a similar problem here http://www.webservertalk.com/archive...1-1717264.html

I assumed that you followed the installation guide and used the ORINSTALL.ING script.

I had previously read the linked thread and tried the suggestion there. The export command caused havoc (no programs would load until I unset it).

I am using the installation guide and the ORINSTALL.ING script, yes. As for CentOS, its supposed to be RHEL5 with different branding but I'm perfectly willing to try SUSE 10 instead since you say its certified for that.

I'm not familiar with SUSE but I'll get familiar with it. I'll post my results.

[Bodo]

I found another link http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-error-435555/

What's the filesystem type you trying to install in - is it a FAT32 or similar?

[Bodo]

Another site that points to the same direction:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...3g/+bug/124795

have you tried to install in a "ext3" type filesystem?

[mvf]

Originally Posted by Bodo

Another site that points to the same direction:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...3g/+bug/124795

have you tried to install in a "ext3" type filesystem?

I was working on another project so I had some time in the background to try a few things. I use VMWare, so it wasn't hard to setup multiple operating systems. (Note: This problem also happens on a non-virtual box with Fedora 8 too, so I don't think virtualization is the problem.)

I installed SUSE 10. Same (identical) problem.

I installed Fedora 8. Same (identical) problem.

For the CentOS installation, the filesystem was ext3 (the default).

For the SUSE 10 installation, the filesystem was reiserfs (the default).

For the Fedora 8 installation, the filesystem was ext3 (also, the default).

You mentioned that SUSE 10 was one of the supported platforms, so I would have thought that was my best bet. Seems to be a no-go on all fronts, though. This really shouldn't be this difficult.

[mvf]

PS: Here is the error output:

Verifying product: OpenROAD Development...
Verifying product: OpenROAD Runtime...
gtar failed with exit code 2

/bin/tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
/bin/tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-x: Operation not permitted
/bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
E_ST013F Unable to transfer product.
An error occured while attempting to trasnfer 'OpenROAD Development' to
the installation area. This is probably due to insufficient disk space.

I'm not sure what I could be doing thats wrong. The installation process doesn't seem that involved. This is what I'm doing:

As my user, "ingres":

1) download <file>
2) gzip -d <file>
3) tar xvf <file>
4) tar -xvf or500506intlnxb230.tar ORINSTALL.ing
5) ./ORINSTALL.ING or500506intlnxb230.tar ordev

That's it.

[Bodo]

I just tested on a "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10" system running in a VM:

As my user, "ingres":

1) download <file>
2) gunzip <file>
3) tar xf <file>
4) tar xf or500506intlnxb230.tar ORINSTALL.ING
5) export II_SYSTEM=/path_to_new_install_dir
6) ./ORINSTALL.ING or500506intlnxb230.tar ordev

This creates a new OpenROAD installation with an Ingres/Net client.
Works without any problem.
I then used the following to configure my virtual nodes:
7) . or2006env
8) ingstart
9) netutil
Then started "openroad", created a profile that connects to the vnode created in netutil.
Works as expected.

I will later try to install into an existing Ingres installation.
Which version of the IngresDBMS did you try to install into ?

[Brigitte]

Hi,

Note sure if that helps here, I found this article on a Linux forum:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-error-435555/
the solution was:
==
My problem persist even when I execute as 'root'.
Problem solved by another guru, he adviced not to
execute commands in FAT partitions (symb. links).
==

Brigitte

[mvf]

Hi bodo,

The version of Ingres I am using is:

"Release 2 GA Linux"
Ingres 2006 Release 2 Linux x86 32-bit

The download URL is:

http://community.ingres.com/forums/g...t=yes&frm=pced

For completeness, the version of OpenROAD 2006 I'm using is:

OpenROAD 2006 GA
OpenROAD 2006 Linux x86 (32-bit)

The download URL is:

http://community.ingres.com/forums/g...t=yes&frm=pced

The SUSE 10 distribution is the latest, with all patches suggested by the update manager applied.