Xen Debian Etch libgmp3...MISSING libxml2...MISSING

[unclecameron]

I tried to do the Debian Etch install on a Xen DomU and have found that the prerequisite check fails on:

libgmp3...MISSING
libxml2...MISSING

but apt-get install libgmp3 gives:

Package libgmp3 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
libgmpxx4 libgmp3c2 libgmp3-doc

so I installed libgmp3c2, but Zimbra doesn't like that. I didn't find an installation candidate for libxml2 through apt-get. Is there a file I can edit so it will build with the updated tool(s)? I don't really want to uninstall the latest lib to install the older one and then screw up some other package.

This is a clean system freshly built with a minimum install.

Thanks,
Cameron
San Diego

[dijichi2]

read the debian etch sticky thread at top of forum

[unclecameron]

I cut/pasted the apt-get install command from that sticky, but that thread doesn't address my problem. I'm trying to install zcs-4.5.6_GA_1044.DEBIAN3.1.tgz and it fails prerequisites of libgmp3 and libxml2.

[randall]

I cut/pasted the apt-get install command from that sticky, but that thread doesn't address my problem. I'm trying to install zcs-4.5.6_GA_1044.DEBIAN3.1.tgz and it fails prerequisites of libgmp3 and libxml2.

afaik, you have to install those libraries since Zimbra installation is dependent on those libraries.

as a root, apt-get install libgmp3 libxml2.

that should do it.

[dijichi2]

the libraries aren't the problem, it's the install script. you have to change your OS identifier or the install script, read that thread!

[fsloke]

the libraries aren't the problem, it's the install script. you have to change your OS identifier or the install script, read that thread!

I using Ubuntu 8.04.1 Desktop 386 to install Zimbra
I change the script in the /util/utilfunc.sh

getPlatformVars() {
  PLATFORM=`bin/get_plat_tag.sh`
  echo $PLATFORM
  if [ $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN3.1" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6_64" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7_64" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN4.0" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN4.0_64" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTUUNKNOWN" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIANUNKNOWN" ]; then
    checkUbuntuRelease
    PACKAGEINST='dpkg -i'
    PACKAGERM='dpkg --purge'
    PACKAGEQUERY='dpkg -s'
    PACKAGEEXT='deb'
    PACKAGEVERSION="dpkg-query -W -f \${Version}"
    PREREQ_PACKAGES="sudo libidn11 fetchmail libgmp3c2 libxml2 libstdc++6 openssl libltdl3"
    if [ $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7" ]; then
      PREREQ_PACKAGES="sudo libidn11 fetchmail libpcre3 libgmp3c2 libexpat1 libxml2 libstdc++6 libstdc++5 openssl libltdl3"
      PRESUG_PACKAGES="perl-5.8.7"
    fi
    if [ $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6_64" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7_64" ]; then
      PREREQ_PACKAGES="sudo libidn11 fetchmail libpcre3 libgmp3c2 libexpat1 libxml2 libstdc++6 libstdc++5 openssl libltdl3 libperl5.8"
      PRESUG_PACKAGES="perl-5.8.7"
    fi
    if [ $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN4.0" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN4.0_64" ]; then
      PREREQ_PACKAGES="sudo libidn11 fetchmail libpcre3 libgmp3c2 libexpat1 libxml2 libstdc++6 openssl libltdl3"
      PRESUG_PACKAGES="perl-5.8.8"
    fi
  elif echo $PLATFORM | grep RPL > /dev/null 2>&1; then
.....

But the install by pass the missing package warning but not the installation.....

The warning message as below:

Checking for prerequisites...
    NPTL...FOUND
    sudo...FOUND sudo-1.6.9p10-1ubuntu3.2
    libidn11...FOUND libidn11-1.1-1
    fetchmail...FOUND fetchmail-6.3.8-10ubuntu1
    libgmp3c2...FOUND libgmp3c2-2:4.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2
    libxml2...FOUND libxml2-2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1
    libstdc++6...FOUND libstdc++6-4.2.3-2ubuntu7
    openssl...FOUND openssl-0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.3
    libltdl3...FOUND libltdl3-1.5.26-1ubuntu1
Prerequisite check complete.
Checking for standard system perl...

Checking for installable packages

Found zimbra-core
Error: attempting to install i386 packages on a unknown OS.
Exiting...

In my investigation when I run
henry@henry-desktop:~/Zimbra/zcs-5.0.8_GA_2462.UBUNTU6.20080709173036/bin$ ./get_plat_tag.sh
UBUNTUUNKNOWN

What happen? Why UNKNOWN?

Thank you

[Mccreations]

You need to find: (in get_plat_tag)

grep "DISTRIB_RELEASE=6" /etc/lsb-release > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
echo "6${i}"
exit 0
else

You can then change it to:

grep "DISTRIB_RELEASE=8" /etc/lsb-release > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
echo "6${i}"
exit 0
else

And hopefully that should work.


If you get a message like this:

You appear to be installing packages on a platform different
than the platform for which they were built.

This platform is UBUNTU6
Packages found: UBUNTU7

You would need to change:
"DISTRIB_RELEASE=7" to "DISTRIB_RELEASE=8"
I'm not sure if you'd ever need that, I don't know much about different installs.