[mel-discuss] Problem with installing QEMU for x86 on Ubuntu 12.10

Tue May 7 13:40:22 UTC 2013

We've never tried to install this on Ubuntu 12.10, but I just successfully installed it on Ubuntu 12.04 without any problems.

Here are some ideas to check:

How did you execute the installation binary?  You didn't include that in your posting. That can be useful sometimes when pasting screen logs - include the command that you entered.

Are you running bash shell?  Where does /bin/sh point on your system?  Again, I'm not aware of any specific incompatibilities, but we all use bash shells here. Try reconfiguring for bash:
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash (and follow the instructions).  Make sure your system has bash installed. I'm guessing it does.

While I doubt this has anything to do with it, make sure your system clock is set to a sane value.

Did you change the defaults in the graphical screen that selects the install directory or did you try to relocate to somewhere else?

Also make sure you have write access to the directory where you're trying to extract/install, and make sure that volume is error free and has plenty of space available.

Just guessing, as that's all I have to go by.

Regards,

Chris
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Chris Hallinan
Technical Marketing Engineer
Mentor Embedded

On May 5, 2013, at 11:55 PM, Sachin Maheshwari <sachin.maheshwari at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>       I am trying to install QEMU for x86 on Ubuntu 12.10. The installation fals with the following errors. Any pointers on what could be wrong?
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> Mentor Embedded Installer
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> Checking environment...
> Extracting files....tar: Skipping to next header
> .tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -61 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -261993005056 is out of off_t range 0..9223372036854775807
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of gid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: яяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяГ: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 05:30:00
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -61 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -261993005056 is out of off_t range 0..9223372036854775807
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of gid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -61 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -61 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -261993005056 is out of off_t range 0..9223372036854775807
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of gid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: яяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяГ: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 05:30:00
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> .tar: Archive value -256 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: яяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяуH: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 05:30:00
> tar: Skipping to next header
> .tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -61 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -261993005056 is out of off_t range 0..9223372036854775807
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of gid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: яяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяГ: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 05:30:00
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -61 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -261993005056 is out of off_t range 0..9223372036854775807
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of gid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -61 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -61 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive value -261993005056 is out of off_t range 0..9223372036854775807
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of mode_t range 0..18446744073709551615
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of uid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Archive value -1 is out of gid_t range 0..4294967295
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: яяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяяГ: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 05:30:00
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Substituting `.' for empty member name
> tar: .: Cannot open: Is a directory
> tar: Skipping to next header
> .tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
> 
> Launching Installer...
> ./mel-kit-qemux86.bin: line 331: /tmp/mgc-selfextract.1INleZ/sb-p2-installer/SBInstaller: No such file or directory
> Cleaning up...
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Sachin Maheshwari
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