Installation of Java Media Framework fails

Question

I am failing to install JMF on my machine.

My setup is:

• InteliJ-IDEA
• Ubuntu 16.4
• Java 8 (using open-jdk-amd64)

I have followed the instructions from oracle found here. All they say is to execute /bin/sh ./jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin. Which basically just runs the .bin file that they provide.

Nevertheless, during installation, I get the following error:

Unpacking...
tail: cannot open '+309' for reading: No such file or directory
Extracting...
./install.sfx.23041: 1: ./install.sfx.23041: cannot open ==: No such file
./install.sfx.23041: 1: ./install.sfx.23041: ==: not found
./install.sfx.23041: 3: ./install.sfx.23041: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
chmod: cannot access 'JMF-2.1.1e/bin/jmstudio': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access 'JMF-2.1.1e/bin/jmfregistry': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access 'JMF-2.1.1e/bin/jmfinit': No such file or directory
./jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin: 305: ./jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin: JMF-2.1.1e/bin/jmfinit: not found
/bin/cp: cannot stat 'JMF-2.1.1e/lib/jmf.properties': No such file or directory
Done.

It seems that the error is related to directories not existing, but I can't seem to find the solution.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

The problem is in this line of that .bin file:

tail +309 $0 > $outname

It seems it's missing -n option, as it's needed to get last 309 lines of output, you'll need to change it to:

tail -n +309 $0 > $outname

To do that you can edit it with vim providing -b (for binary) option:

vim -b jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin 

Source: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/104511/comments/7

Answer 2

I just did it done.This is the steps:

1. chmod +x jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin, if you don't chmod, you will get error:

      Unpacking...
      tail: cannot open `+309' for reading: No such file or directory
      Extracting...
      ./install.sfx.3639: line 1: ==: No such file or directory
      ./install.sfx.3639: line 3: syntax error neUQU599ù;···ÿrþÑÑÑ¢_Âò«KK)C{<>úú<<¿è
      QQRLÙÜÌLÅ^sfx.36 88ø$èåõÕ®¢¬,àöè´iÑ*ÒÒÒV~ámn.à7w^ÝÂÆ,;M¢`ÞòA$D¨®¨¨ @ ɺÎwA'
   

2. Insert -n into the line "tail +309 $0 > $outname" in jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin. The steps to do it, enter commands:

   vim jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin

   type: /tail, press Enter to get the line, insert "-n" to get: tail -n +309 $0 > $outname.

3. change jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin to jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.zip

4. run unzip command to create folder JMF-2.1.1e and sub directories:

   unzip jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.zip .

   This is a funny step. But if you don't do it you get error:

   Unpacking... tail: cannot open +309' for reading: No such file or directory Extracting... ./install.sfx.6017: 1: cannot open ==: No such file ./install.sfx.6017: 1: ==: not found ./install.sfx.6017: 3: Syntax error: ")" unexpected chmod: cannot accessJMF-2.1.1e/bin/jmstudio': No such file or directory chmod: cannot access JMF-2.1.1e/bin/jmfregistry': No such file or directory chmod: cannot accessJMF-2.1.1e/bin/jmfinit': No such file or directory ./jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin: 305: JMF-2.1.1e/bin/jmfinit: not found /bin/cp: cannot stat `JMF-2.1.1e/lib/jmf.properties': No such file or directory

5. Change zip back:

   mv jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.zip jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin,

6. Execute bin

   ./jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin