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mherger
Feb 07, 2012Aspirant
Getting "Installation failed" on updates, even on success
Hi, I'm working on an add-on which is returning a generic "Failed to install addon" (ADDON_INST_FAIL) error message when I install it on top of an existing installation (update). At the same time I...
mdgm-ntgr
Feb 07, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
You of course want to create a directory and change the working directory to that before unpacking the add-on manually. Any files in the current working directory will be removed at the end of the install script.
So e.g.
Then run the script that WhoCares? suggested.
The directory e.g. /tmp/addons/SQUEEZE, must not be a directory mentioned by name in your install scripts or remove.sh scripts and must not be in files.tgz.
So e.g.
cd /tmp/addons
mkdir SQUEEZE
cd SQUEEZE
wget http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/7.7/sc/33813/logitechmediaserver-7.7.2-33813-arm-readynas.bin
Then run the script that WhoCares? suggested.
The directory e.g. /tmp/addons/SQUEEZE, must not be a directory mentioned by name in your install scripts or remove.sh scripts and must not be in files.tgz.
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