Re: "Interesting" Messages when installing 5733SC1 Opt 1

Mostly for the archives:
I found the following that talks about the symbolic link thing

http://www-941.ibm.com/collaboration/wiki/display/sg247327/03-02-00+Installing+Zend+Core+for+i5!OS


Common installation errors

If an installation fails, you will likely see the following error message:
Objects for product 1ZCORE5 option *BASE release *FIRST not restored.

Check for messages in the job log. Installation failures are usually caused by one or more of the following conditions:

* Your user profile does not have sufficient authority.
* Structures from a previous installation are found by the installer.
* Your library list does not contain the QGPL or QTEMP libraries.
* Prerequisite software products or fixes are missing.
* /usr/local exists as a symbolic link. Delete it. Optionally re-create it as a true directory.

After you have corrected the problem, make sure you remove any product files that were created during the failed installation. See "Checking for existing product directories and library" for more information.


Jon Paris said the following on 1/17/2008 6:15 PM:

On 17-Jan-08, at 4:52 PM, Scott Klement wrote:

But there some installation procedures (including the one you're
running, Jon) that fall over if there's a symlink there. I don't
exactly understand why -- but they do.

Thanks for the explanation Scott that makes "sense" - but one might wish that the install checked _before_ it started! I'll suggest to Zend that they might want to add that kind of check. It is not as if they are using a completely generic install process.

Right now we are trying again with a local directory. Once (if) that completes I'll follow your advice and copy it all back where it should be. Don't know why it is a problem with this version of Zend Core - haven't had a problem before.

Jon Paris

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