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Article #25396: Installing on SCO failed with error "unrecognized distribution"

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