Fedora Core 2 installation problem

satimis · 07-24-2004, 02:46 AM

Hi folks,

I'm trying to upgrade RH8.0 to Fedora Core 2 from disc 1 but met with frustration. Following warning popup;

/usr/tmp should instead be symbolic links...........

But I could not find /usr/tmp directory. Shall I create an empty '/tmp' directory? Where shall I symbolic link it to?

Kindly advise. TIA

B.R.
satimis

ppuru · 07-24-2004, 05:27 AM

you can either create a tmp directory under /usr or simply

ln -sf /tmp /usr

to set a link to your /tmp directory. You SHOULD already have a /tmp directory.

The default Fedora installation however sets /usr/tmp as a symbolic link to /var/tmp.

satimis · 07-24-2004, 09:11 AM

Hi ppuru,

Tks for your advice.

/tmp already exists under /

Either

# mkdir /usr/tmp
# ln -sf /tmp /usr/tmp

OR

# ln -sf /tmp /usr/

If I'm wrong please correct me. TIA

B.R.
satimis

ppuru · 07-24-2004, 11:26 AM

you can use

# ln -sf /tmp /usr

this will create a link to /tmp under your /usr directory. So /usr/tmp will put you on /tmp.

satimis · 07-24-2004, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ppuru
you can use

# ln -sf /tmp /usr

this will create a link to /tmp under your /usr directory. So /usr/tmp will put you on /tmp.

Hi ppuru,

Noted with thanks

B.R.
satimis

satimis · 07-25-2004, 10:42 AM

Hi ppuru,

RH 8.0
Fedora Core 2

I still encountered following problem;

Absolute Symlinks
The following files are absolute symbolic links, which we do not support during upgrade. Please change them to relative symbolic links and restart upgrade.

/usr/tmp

# ln -sfr /tmp /usr

Invalid option - -r
Try 'ln --help' for more

# man ln
# ln --help
could not find -a and -r options there. Kindly advise how to proceed.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

ppuru · 07-25-2004, 10:27 PM

Well, in that case

#mkdir /usr/tmp
#chmod a+rwxt /usr/tmp
#chown root.root /usr/tmp

should be the option.