Solaris agent installation error - pkgadd: ERROR: unable to open admin file <admin>

Title

Symptoms

When running the pkgadd command to install the agent on Solaris, the following error is returned -

root@sch1p457:/export/.../agent> pkgadd -n -a admin -r /dev/null -d managesoft-12.0.0.sparc.pkg ManageSoft
pkgadd: ERROR: unable to open admin file <admin>

Resolution

Create a file called noask-pkgadd in the /var/sadm/install/admin directory with the following lines -

conflict=nocheck
setuid=nocheck
action=nocheck
partial=nocheck

After that re-run the pkgadd command and include this additional parameter: -a noask-pkgadd

Was this helpful?

Support Hub

Product

FlexNet Manager Suite

Deployment type

On-premises

Visibility

Guest

URL Name

solaris-agent-installation-error-pkgadd-error-unable-to-open-admin-file-admin

Are you sure you want to cancel the case creation?

Case closed successfully

Action performed successfully

Upload Attachment

Maximum file size allowed is 3 MB.

File type not supported.

Supported file types:

Documents (.txt, .doc, .docx, .pdf), Images (.jpg, .png), Comma Separated Files (.csv) Speadsheets (.xlsx, .xls)

Are you sure you want to close this case

Get Hotline support

Products	Region	Phone Numbers
FlexNet Operations FlexNet Embedded FlexNet Publisher FlexNet Connect FlexNet Code Insight InstallAnywhere InstallShield	North America *	+1 630-332-2513 (toll) +1 877-279-2853 (toll-free in North America)
	Europe *	+44 1925 944367 (toll) +44 800 047 8642 (toll-free in Europe)
	Japan *	+81 3-4540-5335 (select option 2)
	Australia *	+61 3 9895 2177 +61 1800 560 603 (toll-free in Australia)
Usage Intelligence (formerly Revulytics) Compliance Intelligence	Please use the Case Portal to submit your support ticket or reach out to your Revenera contact.

Symptoms

Resolution

Related Articles

Please wait...

Case id: 00001065