topic Re: setup.sh syntax errors in All Apps and Add-ons

setup.sh syntax errors

darnelledwards — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 03:11:22 GMT

I am getting the following messages when trying to run setup on solaris 10 x86

./setup.sh: syntax error at line 18: `(' unexpected

araitz — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 22:10:18 GMT

Do you know what version of bash you have on that machine? Also, it would be great if you can open a support case so we can get a diag from you.

itghelp — Thu, 08 May 2014 18:27:29 GMT

I had this same issue on Ubuntu 12.04. I fixed it by changing the first line of the setup.sh script to explicitly call /bin/bash and not /bin/sh.

araitz — Fri, 09 May 2014 05:59:40 GMT

Thanks, that's an interesting resolution. When I get a chance, I'll see if that is viable for all the platforms that we support with the TA.

itghelp — Fri, 09 May 2014 15:47:21 GMT

In Ubuntu this happens because calling /bin/sh actually calls /bin/dash.

itghelp@splunk:~$ file /bin/sh
/bin/sh: symbolic link to `dash'

fab73 — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:25:52 GMT

Thanks, it worked for me on Ubuntu 12.04.4 with Add-On version 5.2.3