AIK: "/usr/bin/nslookup: No such file or directory"

Description

In the AIK (Aleph Installation Kit) step 1.1 ("Download Aleph software and third party products"), the Aleph script param_bash.ini, gets the error message: "/usr/bin/nslookup: No such file or directory".

And, in fact, there is no /usr/bin/nslookup file on the server.

See Additional Information below for complete log.

Cause:
Linux bin-utils package not installed.

Resolution

Install the unix bin-utils package. nslookup is part of this package.

The necessary packages are described in

Ex Libris Documentation Center > Cross-Product > Technical Documentation > System Requirements > "Operating System Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux".

 

Additional Information

Complete log....

- 1. Download Aleph software and third party products
- 2. Download Oracle software
- 3. Check if Aleph software download successfully completed
- 4. Check if Oracle and products download successfully completed

Enter key (q to quit)[q]: 1
./param_bash.ini: line 189: /usr/bin/nslookup: No such file or directory
./param_bash.ini: line 198: /usr/bin/nslookup: No such file or directory
INFO: The Aleph installation kit is looking for the fastest FTP server. please wait.

./param_bash.ini: line 189: /usr/bin/nslookup: No such file or directory
./param_bash.ini: line 198: /usr/bin/nslookup: No such file or directory

Checking ftp.exlibris-usa.com
check_best_ftp: line 17: /usr/bin/wget: No such file or directory
cat: test.log: No such file or directory
Checking ftp.exl.de
check_best_ftp: line 17: /usr/bin/wget: No such file or directory
cat: test.log: No such file or directory
Checking ftp.exlibris.co.il
check_best_ftp: line 17: /usr/bin/wget: No such file or directory
cat: test.log: No such file or directory
Checking il-ftp01
check_best_ftp: line 17: /usr/bin/wget: No such file or directory
cat: test.log: No such file or directory

The selected FTP server is:
./param_bash.ini: line 189: /usr/bin/nslookup: No such file or directory
./param_bash.ini: line 198: /usr/bin/nslookup: No such file or directory

Error: No FTP_SERVER where found in param_bash.ini file please set the parameter and rerun this step


And, in fact, there is no /usr/bin/nslookup file on the server:

[root@us-alephtest02 bin]# cd /usr/bin
[root@us-alephtest02 bin]# ls -lrt nslookup
ls: cannot access nslookup: No such file or directory

• Article last edited: 4/1/2014