FC3 Install Hanging on core RPM

[hawlej2]

Hi,
I'm installing on FC3 and during the install script when the rpms are installing, they never finish, they just hang. I tried installing the rpm's separately with the same result. Here's the output and at the very bottom is the point of hanging. Thanks in advance for any help.


[root@localhost zcs]# ./install.sh

Operations logged to /tmp/install.log.5079


PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE. ZIMBRA, INC.
("ZIMBRA") WILL ONLY LICENSE THIS SOFTWARE TO YOU IF YOU FIRST ACCEPT THE TERMSOF THIS AGREEMENT. BY DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE, OR USING THE
PRODUCT, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREETO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL OR USE THEPRODUCT.

Open Source License Terms for the Zimbra Collaboration Suite:
http://www.zimbra.com/downloads/sour...index.php?dl=2


Checking for prerequisites...
libidn...FOUND libidn-0.5.6-1
curl...FOUND curl-7.12.3-3.fc3
fetchmail...FOUND fetchmail-6.2.5-7.fc3.1

Checking for installable packages

Found zimbra-core
Found zimbra-ldap
Found zimbra-mta
Found zimbra-snmp
Found zimbra-store


Checking for sendmail/postfix


Sendmail appears to be running. Shut it down? [Y]
Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ]
Shutting down sm-client: [ OK ]

Checking for mysqld


Mysql appears to be running. Shut it down? [Y]
Stopping MySQL: [ OK ]
Checking for existing installation...
zimbra-ldap...not found
zimbra-logger...not found
zimbra-mta...not found
zimbra-snmp...not found
zimbra-store...not found
zimbra-core...FOUND zimbra-core-3.0.M1_21.FC3-20050920155949_

Saving existing configuration file to /tmp/saveconfig.5079
cp: cannot stat `/opt/zimbra/tomcat/conf/keystore': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/opt/zimbra/conf/smtpd.key': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/opt/zimbra/conf/smtpd.crt': No such file or directory

Setting defaults from saved config in /tmp/saveconfig.5079/config.save
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
LDAPHOST=localhost
LDAPPORT=389
SNMPTRAPHOST=
SMTPSOURCE=
SMTPDEST=
SNMPNOTIFY=0
SMTPNOTIFY=0
LDAPROOTPW=zimbra
LDAPZIMBRAPW=zimbra

Please enter the logical hostname for this host [localhost.localdomain]

The Zimbra Collaboration Suite appears already to be installed.
It can be upgraded with no effect on existing accounts,
or the current installation can be completely removed prior
to installation for a clean install.

Do you wish to upgrade? [Y]

Select the packages to install
Upgrading zimbra-core

Install zimbra-ldap [Y]

Install zimbra-mta [Y]

Install zimbra-snmp [Y]

Install zimbra-store [Y]

Installing:
zimbra-core
zimbra-ldap
zimbra-mta
zimbra-snmp
zimbra-store

Configuration section

Enter web server mode (http, https, mixed) [http]

System configuration section complete
Package installation ready

Save installation configuration? [Y]

Filename: [/tmp/config.5079]

Start servers after installation? [Y]

The system will be modified. Continue? [N] Y

Shutting down zimbra mail

Removing legacy packages


Removing existing packages

zimbra-core...done

Removing deployed webapp directories
Installing packages

zimbra-core......zimbra-core-3.0.M1_21.FC3-20050920155949_.i386.rpm...


(THIS NEVER PRINTS "DONE")

[andreychek]

Originally Posted by hawlej2

Hi,
I'm installing on FC3 and during the install script when the rpms are installing, they never finish, they just hang. I tried installing the rpm's separately with the same result. Here's the output and at the very bottom is the point of hanging.

Hmm... that almost sounds like there could be something wrong with the RPM database.

Can you install other non-Zimbra RPM's at the moment?

You may also want to verify that your Zimbra download isn't corrupted.. perhaps you could re-download it.

If it's a RPM database problem, you could look into RPM's --rebuilddb option.

If, by chance, you had installed Zimbra before on this machine, verify that no Zimbra related processes are running.

Good luck,
-Eric

[hawlej2]

Thanks for the suggestions, I tried;
Installing another rpm, that worked (fte text editor from source forge)
Re-downloading and extracting the rpms again
Rebuilding the db's of the zimbra rpms
Erasing the previous half installs of the rpms
(Not sure which processes are related to zimbra that need to be killed, yet mysql, ldap, smtp, are not running)
Same spot with hanging on the install script and never printing Done when installing the core rpm.

Any other ideas? Thanks again for the help it's much appreciated! Props to PA, I'm from there, yet live in MA (hope to be back soon to PA)!

[andreychek]

Originally Posted by hawlej2

Any other ideas? Thanks again for the help it's much appreciated! Props to PA, I'm from there, yet live in MA (hope to be back soon to PA)!

Hey there,

That problem is most odd :-)

Even though you were able to install other RPM's, I'm still a little suspicious of the RPM database on your system. I've had some of the oddest problems with RPM databases, though mostly with RedHat 8 and 9.

I might try rebuilding your RPM database. Hopefully, this isn't a mission critical box, as I haven't done this in awhile and my steps might be out of order, misspelled, or missing a component :-)

However, I might try this:
* cd /var/lib/rpm
* mkdir old
* mv __db* old
* rpm --rebuilddb

This moves your existing RPM database into the dir 'old' (essentially making a backup), then rebuilds it. When complete, you should see the recreated __db* files in /var/lib/rpm.

Again, please do a sanity check on these instructions, especially if you use this box for something else :-) Also, you'll find RPM's --rebuilddb option in the man page, you can read about what it does there if you're curious.

After that, try installing Zimbra again.

Oh, and I hope you make it back to PA. At least for the moment, the cost of living is a bit lower here :-)

Good luck,
-Eric

[marcmac]

I've never seen this (and I've done a LOT of installs

The rpm db may indeed be bad, though if it allowed you to install a different RPM, it's _probably_ ok.

Try this:

rpm -e --noscripts --allmatches zimbra-core

If that works, install by hand:

rpm -i -vv zimbra-core-whatever.rpm

Try to see where that hangs, if it does.

If it does hang, repeat the above rpm -e, then reinstall without the scripts:
rpm -i -vv --noscripts zimbra-core-whatever.rpm

If that works, then the problem is in the pre or postinstall scripts of the rpm, and we can track that down.