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scar
Who joined March 5, 2009, 2:31 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of How do you install an IRIX overlay ? at March 5, 2009, 4:28 p.m...
hi. i am trying to update from 6.5 to 6.5.22 .

i installed the patch 5086. then, untar'd the 3 archives i downloaded from SGI , and then pointed software manager to the directory where i untar'd everything. but, i am still getting a lot of conflicts, 59 to be exact. there are all saying something like:

overlay product XYZ cannot be installed because of missing prerequisites base product XYZ

i am completely new to Irix, but i think i understand there are two parts: base and overlay.

so what i downloaded from SGI are 6.5.22 overlays but i don't have any bases so that is why i'm getting these conflicts? as strandedinnz mentioned, a lot of conflicts are for development libraries, headers, and binaries which i don't think we need since we are not compiling anything?

however, there are some conflicts that i would like resolved, like the installation of NFS and AutoFS support. and then there are a few things that sound like they should be resolved, like Software Manager Software.

so... how do i resolve those? do i need to buy certain cd's with 6.5.22 bases? please be as specific as you can for me. thanks so much.
scar
Who joined March 5, 2009, 2:31 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of How do you install an IRIX overlay ? at March 6, 2009, 11:42 a.m...
josehill wrote:
scar wrote: how do i resolve those? do i need to buy certain cd's with 6.5.22 bases? please be as specific as you can for me. thanks so much.

Sounds like you need to get the IRIX 6.5 Foundation 1 and Foundation 2 discs, and possibly the NFS disc and perhaps an Application disc. The Foundation discs are probably enough, but the answer really depends on what is actually already installed.


ok, then, how can i tell everyone what is already installed so i can get that answer? thanks.
scar
Who joined March 5, 2009, 2:31 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of How do you install an IRIX overlay ? at March 6, 2009, 2:11 p.m...
josehill wrote:
scar wrote: ok, then, how can i tell everyone what is already installed so i can get that answer? thanks.

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...though it would probably just be simpler to get your hands on a full set of IRIX cds, as it would be a lot of work to try to comb through the list of software and figure out exactly where the problem lies.


ok thanks. so do you mean the original 6.5 cds, like this,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0332868552

?

i don't see the application disc though.... hmm, that's all i could find. do i have to order from SGI ?