{"id":26,"date":"2007-10-19T23:16:40","date_gmt":"2007-10-20T04:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourlinuxguy.com\/ww\/?p=26"},"modified":"2010-09-22T14:12:41","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T19:12:41","slug":"how-do-i-get-the-novell-client-to-run-on-opensuse103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"How do I get the Novell Client to run on Opensuse10.3?"},"content":{"rendered":"

…submitted by Brian, here’s his original question: “Have you tried, or had any luck installing the Novell Client on this distro yet?” Brian goes on to explain that he is running 64-bit, and having dependency-related install errors with the client. <\/em><\/p>\n

So just to come clean here, let me state that for this post\/discussion\/experiment I’m using the 32-bit version of Opensuse10.3, with the Opensuse10.2 Novell Client. There currently is no released client for 10.3, or this would be a pretty silly post. I have the gcc, kernel-sources, and make packages installed. My machine is patched up-to-date at the time of this writing.<\/em><\/p>\n

I got the client software from novell.com\/download. Oddly, the clients are provided in *.iso form. So, you can just mount them and copy out the files like I did, like this:
\ncd \/tmp\/novellClient\/suse10.2 (where I put the iso)
\nmount -o loop novell-client-2.0-suse10.2-i386.iso \/media\/iso\/
\ncp -av \/media\/iso\/* .
\n…you get the idea. Enough if the disclaimer and background… let’s get bizzy….<\/em><\/p>\n

Brian, you’re right; shortly after starting the Novell client installation, I got this:
\n[ncl_install] Upgrading novell-xtier-base...
\nerror: Failed dependencies:
\nlibbfd-2.17.50.0.5.so is needed by novell-xtier-base-3.1.5-46.i586<\/code><\/font><\/p>\n

…and a bunch more dependency-based failures stack up if you let it continue. I checked and found that libbfd<\/code> is a part of the binutils<\/code> package… which *is* installed on your\/my machine. So I thought, “Hmm… if I were an Opensuse10.2 machine (since the client was intended for 10.2, right?), where would I keep my libbfd<\/code> if not \/usr\/lib<\/code>?” So I went and looked at a 10.2 machine, and noticed a small difference. The 10.2 machine has soft-links to its libbfd<\/code> versions that the 10.3 didn’t have. So, to correct this, I made similar entries on my 10.3 machine as follows:
\ncd \/usr\/lib
\nln -s libbfd-2.17.50.20070726-14.so libbfd-2.17.50.0.5.so
\nln -s libbfd-2.17.50.20070726-14.so libbfd.so<\/code><\/font><\/p>\n

…and I ran the install again. Still the same errors. Well, this time I figured I have nothing to lose, since I know it’s there, the requirements are essentially met, and the package just isn’t seeing it. Tough. Let’s do this! So a quick glance at the ncl_install<\/code> script set me on the right path (pun intended), and I manually installed the first package by going into the directory structure where I have downloaded and placed the client files as follows:
\ncd \/tmp\/novellClient\/suse10.2\/suse\/i586<\/code><\/font><\/p>\n

…and force the first package as follows:
\nrpm -Uvh --nodeps novell-xtier-base-3.1.5-6.23.i586.rpm<\/code><\/font><\/p>\n

…now, when I go back and re-run the ncl_install, I get happiness… here’s the output of the same section:
\n[ncl_install] Upgrading novell-xtier-base...
\n[ncl_install] novell-xtier-base-3.1.5-6.23 is already installed - upgrade is not needed.<\/code><\/font><\/p>\n

…you’re darned right it’s not needed! And finalize it with a reboot. And it works! Yay! Okay, no promises here, but go ahead and log in, map some drives, get to your home directory, do your timesheet, play your mp3s.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Okay, before we go… sidebar… do you all know about “ncpmount<\/code>“? I have to admit, I haven’t used the Novell Client on Linux since it was first introduced when I beta-tested it. I thought there was no future in it. But wow, this experiment has shown me it has come a loooong way… but I digress. With ncpmount<\/code>, you can do basically the same thing without all that fanciness. Want to mount your server’s VOL2<\/code>? Here’s what I do:
\nncpmount -S BAZAAL -A 192.168.1.3 -V VOL2 -U jpavlov.users.corp \/media\/ncp<\/code><\/font><\/p>\n

…it works great… ok, it works good. Actually, it has quit on me in the past under heavy-HEAVY load, but it’s usually fine. It is certainly great in a pinch, when you’re on someone else’s machine, or server, without all the fancy-schmancy client stuff! But, I admit it…. I think I’ll leave this client installed… it’s pretty clean now…<\/p>\n

Later!<\/p>\n

UPDATE June 1 2008: Here’s an important update I read on one of my favorite blogs<\/a> ( thanks martijn! )… Apparently the client for Opensuse 10.3 is out, but not yet for the 11 client at the time of this writing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…submitted by Brian, here’s his original question: “Have you tried, or had any luck installing the Novell Client on this distro yet?” Brian goes on to explain that he is running 64-bit, and having dependency-related install errors with the client….
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