Re: .sh install

[Francisco Vila]

Again, please reply to all so that everyone is aware.

2011/3/31 Friedrich Fischer <address@hidden>:
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> 2011/3/31 Francisco Vila <address@hidden>
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>> Replying to the list to keep the thread there.
>>
>> 2011/3/31 Friedrich Fischer <address@hidden>:
>> > Am 31.03.2011 10:56, schrieb Francisco Vila:
>> >
>> > 2011/3/31 Friedrich Fischer <address@hidden>:
>> >
>> > Because of the faster lilypond compilation I prefer puppy-linux.
>> > But since the version 2.13.42 I cannot install lilypond anymore.
>> > As far as version 2.13.41 everything worked perfectly.
>> >
>> > Message in terminal:
>> > Untarring lilypond-2.13.56-1.linux-x86.sh
>> > bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file
>> > tar: Child died with signal 13
>> > tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
>> >
>> > Regards ff
>> >
>> > It looks that your download failed.  Please try downloading it again,
>> > then tell us.  Also test 2.13.55 or 2.13.54.  Remember to uninstall
>> > older installed versions first.
>> >
>> > Dear Mr. Vila,
>> > Thank you for your reply.
>> > I have tried all these versions without success: 2.13.42 – 2.13.56
>> > Repeated downloads also.
>> > (Only in Puppy Linux, no problem e.g. in PCLinuxOS)
>>
>> I see.  So you can install in PCLinuxOS the files downloaded from
>> Puppy Linux, right? just to be absolutely sure.

Please tell me if you did this.  I strongly suspect that it's not the
program installs in one system and fails in another, it's the download
itself which fails.

>> You can test the compressed package. Do
>> # sh lilypond-2.13.56-1.linux-x86.sh --tarball
>>  and then
>> bunzip2 -tvv lilypond-2.13.56-1.linux-x86.tar.bz2
>> Then post output here.
>
> # sh lilypond-2.13.56-1.linux-x86.sh --tarball
>
> lilypond installer for version 2.13.56 release 1,
> i686 build.
> For a list of options, abort (^C)

Oops, the --tarball option is not working.  Please test the same with
the very same file on your other system.

> then do:
>
> sh lilypond-2.13.56-1.linux-x86.sh --help
>
> extracting lilypond-2.13.56-1.linux-x86.tar.bz2
>
> tail: short write
>
> # bunzip2 -tvv lilypond-2.13.56-1.linux-x86.tar.bz2

>  lilypond-2.13.56-1.linux-x86.tar.bz2: file ends unexpectedly

I am not sure if the installer includes bunzip inside it. It is still
possible that bunzip in your system is old or faulty.  Please bunzip2
-V

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