[PLUG] root login

Aaron Burt aaron at bavariati.org
Tue Jan 9 20:50:32 UTC 2007


On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:37:15AM -0800, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote:
> I am trying to install a program.  I am running Kubuntu Edgy. <snip>
> 
> robin at moose:~$ sudo bash
> Password:

I usually use "sudo -s" to get root in Ubuntu.  Not important, tho.

> root at moose:~# ./CMMFS_linux_1_0_3_12.sh
> Unpacking JRE
> Preparing JRE
> ./CMMFS_linux_1_0_3_12.sh: 217: bin/unpack200: not found
> Error unpacking jar files. Aborting.

So you're missing "unpack200".  Google sez it's in JDK 1.5 or later.  
I don't remember which repo you have to install to get JDK; maybe it's
in Universe or Multiverse.

> You might need admistrative priviledges for this operation.
> root at moose:`#

You might, but that's not the problem here. 

The joy of misleading error messages,
  Aaron



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