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: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> 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. >>> Many thanks, >>> -T >> >> >> 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. 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. In general, RPM's should not be trusted without the relevant SRPM available, and both signed by a trusted developer or company. RPM's are installed as root, and can ruin or erase importent system components and configurations by accident or by malice. One may as well open an attached zip file on a Windows box.
