Problem: Installing InterBase 4.0 on SCO using the custom utility failed with error "unrecognized distribution format". Solution: There are 2 versions of the InterBase kit for the SCO platform. One is for SCO ODT 3.0 (SC-V4.0C) and one is for SCO Open Server 5 (SS_V4.0M). The custom utilities for SCO 3 & SCO 5 use different formats for installation. The older version uses tar and the new version uses cpio. It is important not to mix the two. The above error is generated because one tries to install SC-V4.0C kit on a SCO 5 machine. Verify what version of the operating system is running. One can do so with command "uname -X" and look for release in the output. The first part of the release is the underlying Unix version and the second part is the SCO Open Server version. Something like this: Release = 3.2v5.0.4 3.2 is the Unix version. 5.0.4 is the Open Server version. Then install the appropriate InterBase kit on the corresponding operating system.
Last Modified: 29-SEP-00