Openoffice petget error

[finisherted]

When trying to install open office I get this petget error. I do not understand, because it seems to me there should be plenty of memory. I have over 1.2 gig empty in pup_save-hydrant.2fs and I have 512meg ram. My system is PIII 800mhz.

I've been using puppy for 6 months and have had some bumps, but have been able to blunder my way through reading the forums. Now, I need help, and am not sure I know enough to properly describe problem.

The PETget: ERROR is

"The openoffice_cutdown3-2.2.0.pet.pet package has been downloaded to /root/.packages,
however there is not enough room to uncompress and install it.
The free space is 382489 blocks but it is estimated you will
need 407688 blocks temporarily for the expansion and install.

Note: If you are using a pup_save.3fs personal storage file,
it can be made bigger -- see Utilities menu.

This script will now delete the package and exit..."


Thanks for any help.

[big_bass]

When trying to install open office I get this petget error. I do not understand, because it seems to me there should be plenty of memory. I have over 1.2 gig empty in pup_save-hydrant.2fs and I have 512meg ram. My system is PIII 800mhz.

I've been using puppy for 6 months and have had some bumps, but have been able to blunder my way through reading the forums. Now, I need help, and am not sure I know enough to properly describe problem.

The PETget: ERROR is

"The openoffice_cutdown3-2.2.0.pet.pet package has been downloaded to /root/.packages,
however there is not enough room to uncompress and install it.
The free space is 382489 blocks but it is estimated you will
need 407688 blocks temporarily for the expansion and install.

Note: If you are using a pup_save.3fs personal storage file,
it can be made bigger -- see Utilities menu.

This script will now delete the package and exit..."


Thanks for any help.

If you are running live CD on version 3.00 or 3.01

DOWNLOAD THIS
http://www.ttuuxxx.com/bigbass/petget.tar.gz

click on it to unzip it then
copy it to /usr/sbin

it will over write the bug in pet get while running live cd
this is for any large package you try and install not for just open office

big_bass

[finisherted]

I am using live cd that is 3.01

Followed the directions and still get the same exact message as before in original post.

thanks for your efforts.

[Bruce B]

From what I've read and recall - this error is common and caused by /tmp being run in a small RAM disk.

I think a work around is to run the following commands at the prompt (highlighted in green)

# cd /
# mv tmp tmp0
# mkdir tmp

Then try the install and after be sure to put /tmp back like it was.

# rmdir tmp
if that fails
# rm -r tmp
# mv tmp0 tmp

Then maybe reboot.

------------------------------

MOST IMPORTANT!

Don't actually do anything I suggested until someone else validates. I'm working off what I remember based on various threads. I don't use Frugal (much) and haven't had your problem.

Just wait for validation or refinement from another poster. OK?

[big_bass]

I am using live cd that is 3.01

Followed the directions and still get the same exact message as before in original post.

thanks for your efforts.

you have to over write the old pet get in usr/sbin with the new one I zipped

if that still doesnt work it is another problem you are having

verify your error with this
http://puppylinux.ca/bugs/2_Howto_Fix_P ... error.html


I made the fix in the zip format I linked in my original post so you wouldn't have to manually do it

big_bass

[finisherted]

As far as I can tell, I replaced petget as suggested. Here is a copy of relevant part

#v2.13 test if enough space to expand tarball...
#EXPFREEK=`df -k | grep ' /$' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 4 -d ' '`
EXPFREEB=`stat --filesystem --format=%f /` #no. free blocks.
EXPFILEB=`stat --format=%b $APKGNAMEEX` #no. blocks.
##replaced this line with double pound marks with the line below it
##EXPNEEDB=`expr $EXPFILEB \* 3` #bz2 can expand up to x3, need twice temp space. v3.01 changed 5 to 3.

EXPNEEDB=`expr $EXPFILEB \* 0` #bz2 can expand up to x3, need twice temp space. v3.01 changed 5 to 3 now 0.
if [ $EXPNEEDB -gt $EXPFREEB ];then
if [ ! "$DISABLEDX" = "yes" ];then
gxmessage -center -name "pet" -bg "#ff8080" -title "PETget: ERROR" "The $APKGNAMEEX package has been downloaded to /root/.packages,
however there is not enough room to uncompress and install it.
The free space is $EXPFREEB blocks but it is estimated you will
need $EXPNEEDB blocks temporarily for the expansion and install.

Note: If you are using a pup_save.3fs personal storage file,
it can be made bigger -- see Utilities menu.

This script will now delete the package and exit..."

[big_bass]

As far as I can tell, I replaced petget as suggested. Here is a copy of relevant part
"

yes you installed pet get correctly ?

is the pet you are trying to install on a NTFS partion?
if so move it to a ext2 or ext3 . USB also gives errors sometimes

to prove this run the md5sum on the pet and you get different values



can you
paste this info from the console please

cat /proc/meminfo

big_bass

[finisherted]

# md5sum /mnt/hda1/media/temporary/openoffice_cutdown3-2.2.0.pet.pet
6bff3489e7ceac92bcfe5b5f4b9f59de /mnt/hda1/media/temporary/openoffice_cutdown3- 2.2.0.pet.pet
# 6bff3489e7ceac92bcfe5b5f4b9f59de

# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 514852 kB
MemFree: 7036 kB
Buffers: 24692 kB
Cached: 415144 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 103384 kB
Inactive: 388492 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 514852 kB
LowFree: 7036 kB
SwapTotal: 102392 kB
SwapFree: 102392 kB
Dirty: 80 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 52048 kB
Mapped: 27904 kB
Slab: 12584 kB
SReclaimable: 7228 kB
SUnreclaim: 5356 kB
PageTables: 532 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 359816 kB
Committed_AS: 248556 kB
VmallocTotal: 507896 kB
VmallocUsed: 2180 kB
VmallocChunk: 505608 kB
# cd /root/my-applications

I do not understand NFTS or EXT1 EXT2.

Thank you for your help.

[Béèm]

From what I've read and recall - this error is common and caused by /tmp being run in a small RAM disk.

I think a work around is to run the following commands at the prompt (highlighted in green)

# cd /
# mv tmp tmp0
# mkdir tmp

Then try the install and after be sure to put /tmp back like it was.

# rmdir tmp
if that fails
# rm -r tmp
# mv tmp0 tmp

Then maybe reboot.

------------------------------

MOST IMPORTANT!

Don't actually do anything I suggested until someone else validates. I'm working off what I remember based on various threads. I don't use Frugal (much) and haven't had your problem.

Just wait for validation or refinement from another poster. OK?

Side effect.
Rox don't run anymore as the PuppyPin is moved as well.

[big_bass]

# md5sum /mnt/hda1/media/temporary/openoffice_cutdown3-2.2.0.pet.pet
6bff3489e7ceac92bcfe5b5f4b9f59de /mnt/hda1/media/temporary/openoffice_cutdown3- 2.2.0.pet.pet
# 6bff3489e7ceac92bcfe5b5f4b9f59de

.

I got errors trying to down load from here
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... -2.2.0.pet

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... -2.2.0.pet

sooo... go for this

-----------------------------------USE THIS---------------------------------------------------

open office 2.4.0 SFS
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 87&t=27612


PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: OpenOffice 2.4.0 SFS
Subject description: Ready to download
Here you go. This is the US-EN version without Java

links:

http://www.puppylinux.ca/tpp/jb4x4/Open ... -2.4.0.sfs
http://www.puppylinux.ca/tpp/jb4x4/Open ... fs.md5.txt

md5sum: 04fd34f583180bbc1725f29aa374fff1 OpenOffice-2.4.0.sfs

JB
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big_bass

[finisherted]

Thank you. Works. Your suggestions pushed me a little further into puppy. I seem to hit pockets of frustration, and then come back.

I think I have some sort of memory handling issue, but I'm not ready to tackle that today.

Thanks again

[big_bass]

Thank you. Works. Your suggestions pushed me a little further into puppy. I seem to hit pockets of frustration, and then come back.

I think I have some sort of memory handling issue, but I'm not ready to tackle that today.

Thanks again

1.)you got a better version of open office
2.) very large packages are much better as SFS anyway
3.) that petget fix will still come in handy
4.)brain cells do recover when mentally abused by linux I think.....I hope


big_bass