Installing Identity Manager 3.0.1 on SLES 10 gives Errors while Loading Shared Libraries

Errors occur when installing Identity Manager3.0.1 on SLES 10

Error: "awk: error while loading shared libraries: libdl.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

Error: "grep: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

Novell provides a script to work around this problem. The script is installed at the same level as the IdmUserApp.bin file and is named SLES10-install.sh. The script takes the name of the installer binary file as an argument:

sh SLES10-install.sh installer binary

For example if you unpacked the ISO distribution to /tmp/IDM301, run the following from the command line:

$ cd /tmp/IDM301

The script comments out the setting of an environment variable in the IdmUserApp.bin file. This environment variable can cause the previously mentioned error on SLES 10. After making the modification, the script then launches the installer normally.

If for some reason you cannot find the file

SLES10-install.sh, you may cut/paste the following and create your own.

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#!/bin/sh

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# For SLES 10 the InstallAnywhere binary must be modified to not set the
# LD_ASSUME_KERNEL environment variable. This script checks the distribution
# and if SLES 10 is found, comments out the variable. Note the"#xport" is
# not a typo. The 'bin' file requires the character count to remain the same
# after our modification; otherwise the file will be corrupted.

if [ ! -n "$1"]; then
echo
echo "*** Please provide the installer name (e.g. IdmUserApp.bin)"
echo
echo "Usage: $0 "
echo
exit 1
fi

if [ `cat /etc/issue 2>/dev/null | grep "SUSE\ Linux\ Enterprise\ Server\ 10" | wc -l` = "1"];
then
if [ `uname -s` = "Linux"];
then
if [ `uname -m` !="ia64"];
then
`sed -i[.bak] -e 's/export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL/#xport LD_ASSUME_KERNEL/' $1`
fi
fi
fi

sh ./$1