The Install script checks for many errors and inconsistencies in the way its arguments are used. The messages are meant to be self-explanatory. What follows is a list of a few messages where further information might be useful. If you get one of these messages and aren’t able to find the following recommended solutions, please call Cygnus Solutions, using the support hotline, +1 408 542 9601, or send electronic mail to: bugs@cygnus.com.
Can not read from TAPE device,
tape
The error message ends with the
tape device that Install
was trying to use. Please check that it is the device you intended; possible
causes of trouble might include leaving off the ‘/dev/’
prefix at the front of the device name. A error in the device name might
also cause this problem. If neither of these is the problem, perhaps your
tape device can’t read our tape; see “Installing with a remote tape drive”
on page for a discussion of how to use another machine’s tape drive, or
contact Cygnus Solutions.
stdin: not in compressed format
You are probably not using the
non-rewinding tape device. There are two files on each tape. The first
is a tar
file containing the Install
script. The second is a compressed tar
file containing everything else. Without using the non- rewinding device,
there is no way to skip over the first file to begin reading the second.
gcc: cannot exec cpp
If you’ve installed the binary
distribution of the GNUPro Toolkit software in a non-standard location,
remember to set your environment variable GCC_EXEC_PREFIX
accordingly. See Running the programs.
...This is a problem.
Cannot cd to installdir
I do not know why I cannot create installdir
hello.c fails to run
test-ioctl.c fails to run
These errors (the first covers
anything that ends in ‘This
is a problem’)
are from paranoia checks; they are issued for situations that other checks
should cover, or for unlikely situations that require further diagnosis.
If you get one of these messages, please contact Cygnus Solutions.