[TriLUG] quasar accounting software

[sholton]

>i'm trying to install a piece of software called quasar (accounting software, 
>see http://www.linuxcanada.com) which is available via rpm.  i get the 
>following on my rh8 workstation:
>
>[root at lister root]# rpm -ivh quasar-1.2-3.i386.rpm
>Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
>1:quasar ########################################### [100%]
>/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.20252: line 12: cd: /setup: No such file or directory
>/bin/cp: cannot stat `quasar.xpm': No such file or directory
>/bin/cp: cannot stat `quasar.initd': No such file or directory
>error reading information on service quasard: No such file or directory
>/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.20252: line 73: /etc/rc.d/init.d/quasard: No such file or 
>directory

This looks like a problem in the SPEC file.  Is there a source
RPM available?

you might try creating a directory at /setup and see if that helps,
but without knowing what the install scripts are trying to 
accomplish, theres no way to know.

(Well, I suppose you could SIG SUP mid install and take a 
look at /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.20252: line 73:


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