GSKit will not install on Solaris with IBM Edge component already installed
 Technote (troubleshooting)
 
Problem(Abstract)
The install of the Global Security Kit (GSKit) on a Solaris™ operating system, that already has the IBM® Edge component installed, will not install any GSKit filesets, and does not provide any indication of a failure.
 
Cause
When issued, the following Solaris command, will pass a parameter that causes install to fail if the /opt/ibm/ directory already exists:
pkgadd -a ./admin
 
Resolving the problem
The admin file located within the GSKit directory has the variable of:
conflict=quit

Note: This setting causes the failure if it detects a conflict.

Change this variable to the following:

conflict=nocheck

Now pkgadd will not care if there is a /opt/ibm/ directory already created so the install script and manual pkgadd will work.

Check that the GSKit is installed with the following command:

pkginfo | grep gsk

application gsk5bas  Certificate and SSL Base Runtime (gsk5bas)

application gsk7bas  Certificate and SSL Base Runtime (gsk7bas)

You should see the applied files. If you do not, then the install was incomplete. If the install did not complete for some reason, perform the following:
  • Copy out any errors that you might receive.
  • Collect the pkginfo -l output from the system.
  • From a command prompt, collect the output from gsk5ver or gsk7ver.

Once you have these three things, you can submit diagnostic MustGather data to IBM.
 
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > IBM HTTP Server > Install
Operating system(s): Solaris
Software version: 2.0.42
Software edition:
Reference #: 1165492
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jul 27, 2004