On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:00 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: >> On 07/23/2014 09:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: >>> On 07/23/2014 10:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>>> I am having trouble installing the PDF Studio RPM. >>>> >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/slgrnolcsktaezz/PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm >>>> >>>> # cat /etc/redhat-release >>>> Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) >>>> >>>> # uname -r >>>> 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 >>>> >>>> # rpm -ivh PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm >>>> Preparing... ########################################### [100%] >>>> 1:PDFStudio ########################################### [100%] >>>> error: unpacking of archive failed on file .pdfstudio9/: >>>> cpio: Archive file not in header >>>> >>>> Any way to fix this? > > By using s cluebat on the package author. It's.... not a good package. > It's misnamed, it drops everything in a relative directory, and there > is no license. This is not a safe thing to install anywhere. $ find .pdfstudio9 -iname "*license*" .pdfstudio9/lib/barcode4j_license.txt .pdfstudio9/lib/swt/eclipse common public license.txt .pdfstudio9/lib/dj/gnu lesser general public license.txt .pdfstudio9/lib/bc_license.txt .pdfstudio9/lib/miglayout_license.txt .pdfstudio9/lib/js-14_license.txt .pdfstudio9/jre/LICENSE .pdfstudio9/jre/THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt I wonder which one, if any, the rpm author thinks applies. >>> I would first check the integrity of the file. >>> I downloaded it here (not installed it, as I don't have SL6.5). >>> It unpacked fine though using "rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -idmv" >>> I have the following checksum on it: >>> >>> MD5: f39d0ef9c4fd74cbfcbffa37f0ee18f2 PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm >>> SHA1: 2e69d1b564cfebcac5cba9244bd04f64cedc959f PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm >>> >>> It has an odd directory structure, it seems to put everything in >>> /pdfstudio9. > > No, it puts it all in 'pdfstudio9'. Like I said, the author of the RPM > needs a cluebat applied. It's unpacked into ".pdfstudio" not "pdfstudio" when I run "rpm2cpio PDFStudio_v9_0_2_linux.rpm | cpio -idm". Is this meant to be installed by a user in a home directory, like a browser extension? > I'd suggest "mkdir /opt", then run 'rpm2cpio" there to get the > directory contents. But I'd sooner stick my hand in a blender than > trust this thing, gods alone know what they put in the RPM > pre-scripts. and post-scripts. You can install it with "rpm -noscripts --notriggers ..." to avoid any bad or malicious scripts. I'm not too sure about the blender thing but I wouldn't install this rpm as is.