Installing SDK on embedded linux platform

[penguin-linux1]

Greetings,

I'm trying to install a SDK iso image onto an embedded linux platform. I was able to mount the image on the platform without problems. I also created a symbolic link called "bash" in the bin directory and had that point to busybox to satisfy the first line of code in the installer: "#!/bin/bash". However, when I run the installer, I get an error:

"installer: applet not found"

I get the same error when I type "bash" on the command line. Is there a way to fix this?

Here is the first few lines of code that causes the error:

#!/bin/bash

DEBUG=${DEBUG:="0"} # Enables debugging options
LC_OPTION=${LC_OPTION:="prompt"} # Licensing related variable
INSTALL_PATH=${INSTALL_PATH:=$HOME} # Default installation path

declare -r SCRIPT_NAME="`basename $0`"
declare -r SCRIPT_CALLED="$0 $*"
declare -r START_DIR="$PWD"
declare -r SCRIPT_ROOT=`cd $( dirname $0 ); pwd`
declare SDK_NAME
declare INTELCE_PKG_CONFIG=""
declare INTELCE_TFS_DEPS=""




Thank you

[atreyu]

That error means that the busybox binary you are using was not built with the applet 'bash'. This is normal. Typically, there is an 'ash' or 'msh' shell built in, though. Just run 'busybox' by itself without args, and it'll spit out all the built in applets. Say 'ash' is available. Then create a link to it like this:

cd /bin;ln -s busybox ash

Then put this at the top of your code:

#!/bin/ash

There is another problem, though. I believe your script is calling functions, etc. that are only available in full-on Bash, not ash/msh. So you may need to recompile busybox to support this Bash, or even compile Bash itself for your embedded platform. It is no big ordeal, i've done it before, for the very same reason.

hth