Forum OpenACS Q&A: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer

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1: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer
Posted by Michael A. Williams on 03/31/05 09:36 AM
When trying to use the Package installer to install a package from a local file directory for OpenACS 5.1.5 I recieve this message:

[31/Mar/2005:01:33:31][2195.98311][-conn:service0::3] Notice: The follow error occured during the uncompression process: 

child process exited abnormally

[31/Mar/2005:01:33:31][2195.98311][-conn:service0::3] Error: Error loading APM file form url : child process exited abnormally child process exited abnormally while executing "exec [apm_gunzip_cmd] -q -c $file_path | [apm_tar_cmd] tf - 2>/dev/null"

Any ideas?

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2: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Michael A. Williams on 03/31/05 07:16 PM
Sorry, running Mandrake Linux 9.2, linux kernel 2.4
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3: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Michael Steigman on 03/31/05 07:59 PM
Can you give us a little more info about the file you are trying to install?

Off the cuff, you might want to check permissions inside oacs root dir, particularly the folder called apm-workspace. Make sure the user you are running the server as can write to that directory.

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4: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Michael A. Williams on 04/01/05 12:57 AM
Tried your suggestion, but No change. Seems the issue is with the apm_gunzip_cmd in the /var/lib/aolserver/valhalla/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl
file. I think it is an issue with the switches (-q -c) but tried adding the -S (suffix switch with .apm), but still error with this line:

"exec [apm_gunzip_cmd] -q -c $file_path | [apm_tar_cmd] tf - 2>/dev/null"

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5: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Michael A. Williams on 04/01/05 12:58 AM
The file I'm installing is a custom package.
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6: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Michael Steigman on 04/01/05 02:18 AM
Well, people use this functionality without trouble via the apm repository every day and the files generated by the repository are .apm files. I don't think it's a problem with the procs or the switches. If it's not a permissions problem with the apm-workspace directory, I would suspect that there something different about the way you are building your .apm files. They should be zipped tar archives. How are you creating the files?
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7: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Michael A. Williams on 04/01/05 06:37 AM
I generated a distribution file from a custom package's options page, on a different openacs server, and I am now trying to install this custom package on a different openacs server . I think the package is coming from an OPenACS 4.6.3, and I am now tring to install it on a OpenACS 5.1.5.
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8: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Michael A. Williams on 04/01/05 06:40 AM
The distribution file generated is an .apm file that is a tar file, which i can unzip from the commnad line with gunzip. What I'm attempting to do is see how well the Pakcge installer handles this custom packages distribution file.
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9: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Jade Rubick on 04/01/05 05:55 PM
Michael, it might be looking for unzip in the wrong location, perhaps?
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10: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 04/01/05 06:10 PM
Maybe Jade is on to something.

Is gzunzip in the AOLserver user's path?

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11: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Michael A. Williams on 04/05/05 08:28 AM
Sound like it is worth exploring. What is the best way to check if gunzip is in the AOlserver user's path?
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12: Re: Recieving an Error when using the Package installer (response to 1)
Posted by Michael A. Williams on 04/20/05 06:47 AM
I checked the path of the aolserver's user path, and gunzip is in the path.