PROGRAM INSTALLATION

[danl]

Hello --- I downloaded a RPM package [Iron browser, from srware.net] then double-clicked it to install, but was met with the following error window: “Your current backend does not support installing files.”
All my Linux experience is with Debian distros, in which I have never encountered such a problem. What do I do to correct this situation? Thanks.

[doktor5000]

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[Akien]

Hi danl, I tried to install SRWare Iron using SRWare's 64 RPM, and actually their RPM is bad, noone would be able to use it.
It contains some folders which conflict with system-owned folders, such as the root folder /, /usr or /usr/share.

See the full list of files included in the RPM:

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[root@cauldron akien]# urpmq -l Téléchargements/iron64.rpm
/
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/iron.desktop
/usr/share/iron
/usr/share/iron/chrome-wrapper
/usr/share/iron/chrome.pak
/usr/share/iron/chrome_100_percent.pak
/usr/share/iron/chrome_remote_desktop.pak
/usr/share/iron/chrome_sandbox
/usr/share/iron/content_resources.pak
/usr/share/iron/extensions
/usr/share/iron/icudtl.dat
/usr/share/iron/iron
/usr/share/iron/libavcodec.so.52
/usr/share/iron/libavformat.so.52
/usr/share/iron/libavutil.so.50
/usr/share/iron/libffmpegsumo.so
/usr/share/iron/locales
/usr/share/iron/locales/am.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/ar.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/bg.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/bn.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/ca.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/cs.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/da.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/de.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/el.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/en-GB.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/en-US.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/es-419.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/es.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/et.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/fa.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/fi.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/fil.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/fr.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/gu.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/he.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/hi.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/hr.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/hu.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/id.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/it.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/ja.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/kn.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/ko.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/lt.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/lv.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/ml.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/mr.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/ms.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/nb.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/nl.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/pl.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/pt-BR.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/pt-PT.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/ro.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/ru.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/sk.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/sl.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/sr.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/sv.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/sw.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/ta.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/te.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/th.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/tr.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/uk.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/vi.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/zh-CN.pak
/usr/share/iron/locales/zh-TW.pak
/usr/share/iron/product_logo_48.png
/usr/share/iron/resources
/usr/share/iron/resources.pak
/usr/share/iron/resources/extension
/usr/share/iron/resources/extension/demo
/usr/share/iron/resources/extension/demo/library.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/AuditsPanel.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/CodeMirrorTextEditor.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/ElementsPanel.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/ExtensionServer.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/HeapSnapshotWorker.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/addIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/applicationCache.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/back.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/breakpoint.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/breakpointConditional.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/breakpointConditional_2x.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/breakpoint_2x.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/checker.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/cookie.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/database.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/databaseTable.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/deleteIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/domain.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/fileSystem.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/forward.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/frame.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/graphLabelCalloutLeft.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/graphLabelCalloutRight.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/indexedDB.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/indexedDBIndex.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/indexedDBObjectStore.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/localStorage.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/navigationControls.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/navigationControls_2x.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/paneAddButtons.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/paneElementStateButtons.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/paneFilterButtons.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/paneRefreshButtons.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/paneSettingsButtons.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/popoverArrows.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/popoverBackground.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/profileGroupIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/profileIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/profileSmallIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/radioDot.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/resourceCSSIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/resourceDocumentIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/resourceDocumentIconSmall.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/resourceJSIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/resourcePlainIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/resourcePlainIconSmall.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/resourcesTimeGraphIcon.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/searchNext.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/searchPrev.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/sessionStorage.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/settingsListRemove.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/settingsListRemove_2x.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/spinnerActive.gif
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/spinnerActiveSelected.gif
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/spinnerInactive.gif
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/spinnerInactiveSelected.gif
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/statusbarButtonGlyphs.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/statusbarButtonGlyphs_2x.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/statusbarResizerHorizontal.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/statusbarResizerVertical.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/thumbActiveHoriz.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/thumbActiveVert.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/thumbHoriz.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/thumbHoverHoriz.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/thumbHoverVert.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/thumbVert.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/toolbarItemSelected.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/trackHoriz.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/Images/trackVert.png
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/LayersPanel.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/NetworkPanel.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/ProfilesPanel.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/ResourcesPanel.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/ScriptFormatterWorker.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/SourcesPanel.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/TempStorageSharedWorker.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/TimelinePanel.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/accelerometer.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/auditsPanel.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/breadcrumbList.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/breakpointsList.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/buildSystemOnly.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/canvasProfiler.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/cmdevtools.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/codemirror.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/dataGrid.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/devtools.html
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/devtools_extension_api.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/elementsPanel.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/filter.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/filteredItemSelectionDialog.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/flameChart.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/heapProfiler.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/helpScreen.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/indexedDBViews.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/inspector.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/inspector.js
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/inspectorCommon.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/layersPanel.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/navigatorView.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/networkLogView.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/networkPanel.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/overrides.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/panelEnablerView.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/profilesPanel.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/resourceView.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/resourcesPanel.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/revisionHistory.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/screencastView.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/sidebarPane.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/sourcesPanel.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/sourcesView.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/spectrum.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/splitView.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/textPrompt.css
/usr/share/iron/resources/inspector/timelinePanel.css
/usr/share/pixmaps
/usr/share/pixmaps/iron_product_logo.png

So I would advise you to try the binary tarball instead of the RPM. Most of the time I tried to avoid using RPMs that were not created specifically by Linux packagers, because they are can often be problematic during upgrades (a binary RPM from Fedora, OpenMandriva or OpenSUSE would be safe most of the time, though).

[linuxero]

It's just a permissions thing!

Just;

1. extract the RPM using ark into a new folder you create.
2. from a terminal execute the following

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chmod -Rv 755 CONTAINING FOLDER/usr


3. copy the usr folder onto the root partition (when asked to overwrite or merge folders choose YES)

Enjoy your iron browser