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Name: westwood01
Date: December 15, 2003 at 23:47:56 Pacific
Subject: unable to install packages
OS: solaris 8
CPU/Ram: 233 mhz x86 256mb
Comment:

hello.

I am having trouble installing any/all packages on my Solaris 8 x86.

For example, after downloading top-3.5beta12.5-sol8-intel-local.gz, i unzip it to top-3.5beta12.5-sol8-intel-local, make it executable and then issue ./top-3.5beta12.5-sol8-intel-local. I then receive the following errors (multiple times):
./top-3.5beta12.5-sol8-intel-local: 1: not found
and
./top-3.5beta12.5-sol8-intel-local: syntax error at line 62: `)' unexpected

What is this error? I have installed packages on this system before with no problems. It 'may' be that ever since i installed the x86 patch cluster I have had this problem.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

-craig


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Name: westwood01
Date: December 17, 2003 at 00:06:08 Pacific
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answer to own question:

Turns out I also ran 'pkgadd -d . ' and the system returned, no packages in directory to install. But, when I did, ' pkgadd -d to* ' it found the package to be installed.


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