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1706574 - Extraction and Proper handling of downloaded patches / software’s for Linux / Unix systems ***Best Practices***

Symptom

  • Installation problems with a downloaded patch or product install
  • Files missing from the downloaded patch or product install
  • Incorrect permissions or other rights related issues when using a downloaded patch or product install
  • @LongLink appears in the extraction path
  • tar: directory checksum error appears after the extraction completes
  • checksum error during the unrar process stating that a .rar file could not be found


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Environment

  • SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BI) 3.x, 4.x & above
  • Linux
  • Solaris
  • HPUX
  • AIX

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.1 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.2 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.3 ; SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1

Keywords

how to extract tgz, zip, exe, software download, unzip package, installation package , KBA , biinst , bpkba , BI-BIP-INS , Installation, Updates, Upgrade, Patching , How To

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