Uploaded image for project: 'Qt Creator'
  1. Qt Creator
  2. QTCREATORBUG-101

Qt SDK commercial fails to install because of isufficent disk space

    XMLWordPrintable

Details

    • Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • P2: Important
    • Qt Creator 1.3.0
    • Qt Creator 1.2.1, Qt Creator 1.2.90
    • Installer
    • None

    Description

      When using the Qt SDK commercial package the installer fails claiming insufficient HD ( true of /), when the desired install path /usr (probably /usr/local/Qt/4.5.2/ ) has
      plenty of available space.

      It does not even suggest where it is going to install to prior to giving
      the error. Install directory choice should be made before a check for sufficent space.

      look at the change between the opensource installer and the commercial
      installer-

      O1- Welcome to the Qt SDK Setup Wizard...
      O2- Please read the following License Agreement...
      O3- Please specify the directory where Qt SDK will be installed.
      O4- Select Components...
      O5- Setup is now ready to begin installing Qt SDK...

      from what you described above, the commercial version has a different
      order:

      C1- Welcome to the Qt SDK Setup Wizard...
      C2- Select components...
      C3- Please enter your Qt license key...(entered your licence info)
      C4- Please read the following License Agreement...
      C5- Please specify the directory where Qt SDK will be installed.
      C6- Setup is now ready to begin installing Qt SDK...

      Both appear to check for disk space at the end of the Select Components stage (O4 and C2); I tried the open source Installer and it gave me the insufficent disk space message after O4 if I used the default directory. The issue is that if you check for adequate disk space between C2&C3, you don't know where you are really installing it to- leaving you with 2 logical problems-

      a) my case- not enough space in the default dir -fails improperly; there
      is space in the true install dir, but no space in the defauinstall dir)

      b) user selects non default dir with inadequate space- succeeds improperly;
      will fail when it tries to install...

      I have created a workaround/bug demonstration:
      Create a loopback FS for / opt that is either big enough or too small-

      a) dd if=/dev/zero of=/somewhere_that_has_space/opt_test.img bs=1M
      count=sz_in_MB
      b) /sbin/losetup /dev/loop0 /somewhere_that_has_space/opt_test.img
      c) mkfs -t ext3 /dev/loop0

      if there are no contents in /opt you need to preserve then you may
      proceed to the install

      d) mkdir /mnt/opt
      e) mount -t ext3 /dev/loop0 /mnt/opt
      f) cp -R /opt/* /mnt/opt
      g) umount /mnt/opt
      h) mount -t ext3 /dev/loop0 /opt

      Install the sdk...

      With a 2048 MB loopback file it succeeds; It fails for a 50 MB
      loopback file.

      Attachments

        No reviews matched the request. Check your Options in the drop-down menu of this sections header.

        Activity

          People

            lindeije Thorbjørn Lindeijer (closed Nokia identity) (Inactive)
            janichol Andy Nichols
            Votes:
            0 Vote for this issue
            Watchers:
            0 Start watching this issue

            Dates

              Created:
              Updated:
              Resolved:

              Gerrit Reviews

                There are no open Gerrit changes