PRB: Error Messages Installing FoxPro for UNIX on SCO OpenServer 5.0.X

ID: Q214751

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SYMPTOMS

When attempting to install FoxPro for UNIX on SCO's OpenServer Release 5.0.X operating system, you receive one or more of the following error messages:

./tmp/init Foxpro:./tmp/foxcompress cannot open
initialization script failed for FoxPro development management system [misc. FoxPro]
Error stack: Init script : ./tmp/int.foxpro failed
The last error also displays a Retry, Ignore, Cancel dialog. Choosing Ignore will indicate that the install was completed, but if you attempt to run FoxPro, you will receive the following error:
Foxpro.Pr not found error reading script and could not locate FoxCompress.


RESOLUTION

To install FoxPro on SCO OpenServer 5.0.x, use the FoxPro shell script extract located on the first installation disk.

To use the script extract, follow these steps:

  1. Change the current directory to the directory to install FoxPro in (the default is /usr/lib/foxpro). For example, type the following at the system prompt and press the ENTER key:

    cd /other/FoxPro



  2. If the bootable floppy disk drive is drive A, copy the extract script off the installation disk by typing the following at the system prompt and then pressing the ENTER key:

    tar xvf /dev/install ./tmp/extract

    If the bootable floppy disk drive is drive B, use /dev/install1:

    tar xvf /dev/install1 ./tmp/extract



  3. To run the extract script, type one of the following:

    For drive A:

    ./tmp/extract /dev/install

    For drive B:

    ./tmp/extract /dev/install1

    NOTE: The period is very important before the path for the FoxPro shell script extract location. It designates the root directory.


  4. Follow the system prompts.


Note that some systems may use device names other than /dev/install and /dev/install1. If an extraction error occurs, consult the operating system documentation for the name of the floppy device.

If the /etc/perms directory exists, a FoxPro permissions file is added to the directory. This file contains the new location of the FoxPro files so that the custom utility will work as expected if you want to remove FoxPro.


REFERENCES

"Installation Notes" section of FoxPro for Unix Readme file

For additional information about Shell script, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q120594 Installing FoxPro/UNIX in a Directory Other Than Default

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbUNIX 
Version           : UNIX:2.6
Platform          : UNIX 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 27, 1999