Problems with Labview RPM

[osei]

I have a RedHat 7.2 system and Labview 5.1. The rpm's do not install at all. The following error message is given...
error: unpacking of archive failed on file lv51: cpio: Archive file not in header
The installation then fails. Any assistance is appreciated.

Thanks, Osei

[Zvezdana S.]

Osei,
Did you try manualy installing LabVIEW? This can be done in one of 2 ways - by using a shell terminal or by means of the GNOME Explorer.

By using the shell terminal

Go to directory where all the rpms are, and enter the following command:
rpm -Uvh *.rpm

You need to run the install script to install Adobe Acrobat Reader 4, the CVI run-time engine and NI-VISA.

By using the GNOME Explorer:
Right click on the RPM files and select install. NB - install the labview-rte-5*.rpm first.

There was a problem with the INSTALL script not working correctly on a Red Hat Linux 7.1 system and LabVIEW 6i. In the error that output rpm printed during the install_lv6() section of the INSTALL script, the complaint was about "/usrlocal" (no slash), not /usr/local.
There was the bug in rpm, for which last time we looked RedHat did not have a patch. This was a bug in rpm in RH 7.0 and later when using the --prefix rpm option.
Removing the --prefix option from the INSTALL script will allow the script to work successfully.

Zvezdana S.
National Instrumets

[osei]

I tried installing manually ( using shell -> rpm ) and using the gnorpm package, which is practically the same thing. I think it is a bug in the rpm given that the same error occured when using the INSTALL script and installing manually. Thanks for your assistance.

Osei (student)