Installation failing at end?

[James McMurray]

I've got a project that runs fine on the emulator, but has trouble installing the sis file on a phone. I've added some text files for output to let me know where I'm getting to, and it looks like I'm doing everything right, at least up until the point where the instal hangs and then dies. Here are my pkg files:

sa.pkg

;Languages
&EN

;Header
#{"Launcher"},(0xEB35D676),*VERSIONNUMBER*,TYPE=SA

;Localised Vendor name
%{"Quickoffice"}

;Unique Vendor name
:"Quickoffice Inc"

;Supports Series 60 v 3.0
[0x101F7961], 0, 0, 0, {"Series60ProductID"}

; install the resources
"*EPOCROOT*epoc32\DATA\Z\private\10003a3f\apps\Launcher_0xEB35D676_reg.RSC"-"C:\private\10003a3f\import\apps\Launcher_0xEB35D676_reg.RSC"
"*EPOCROOT*epoc32\data\c\launcher_install2.txt"-"",FT,TC <-- this comes up first

; install the launcher
"*EPOCROOT*epoc32\RELEASE\ARMV5\UREL\Launcher_0xEB35D676.exe"-"C:\sys\bin\Launcher_0xEB35D676.exe"
"*EPOCROOT*epoc32\data\c\launcher_install3.txt"-"",FT,TC <-- this comes up second

install.pkg

;Languages
&EN

;Header
#{"Launcher Package"},(0xEB35D676),*VERSIONNUMBER*,TYPE=SA

;Localised Vendor name
%{"Quickoffice"}

;Unique Vendor name
:"Quickoffice Inc"

;Supports Series 60 v 3.0
[0x101F7961], 0, 0, 0, {"Series60ProductID"}
IF NOT package(0xEB35D676)
;;
;; Launcher 1.0 Application
;; This next line will be replaced with the SIS file name created by the sa.pkg package file.
;; The sa.pkg in deploy.inf must be listed prior to install.pkg (this pkg file) for this to work.
;;
@"*EPOCROOT*epoc32\SISFILES\DevOnly\*SA_SISFILE*",(0xEB35D676)
;;
;; Installation Note
;;
"*EPOCROOT*epoc32\data\c\launcher_install.txt"-"",FT,TC <-- this comes up, then it hangs and dies
ELSE
"*EPOCROOT*epoc32\data\c\launcher_exists.txt"-"",FT,TE
ENDIF

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
James

[skumar_rao]

Why you say that it is failing as you pkg does not have any thing below that line. are you expecting some thing from installer to do after that ?

[wizard_hu_]

If you check the SISX-doc on http://developer.symbian.com/main/do...s/platform.jsp, you will see that the installation is re-ordered in practice, first a decision-making phase occurs (checking everything, and this part includes user-interaction too), then the copying.
Anyway, if the installation fails, you should describe that better than 'hangs and dies'. There is usually a message: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...roubleshooting and if something really grave happens, there may be a panic message too: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...ded_panic_code

[James McMurray]

Thanks for the links!

The message I get is "Unable to Install" (no panic). The wiki gives two reasons that might happen.

1) Trying to instal a file that is already in ROM. I did a hard reset of the phone prior to installation and the error still comes up, so I don't see how this can be it.

2) Min EPOCHEAPSIZE greater than max EPOCHEAPSIZE. I wasn't setting these in my mmp. I set EPOCHEAPSIZE to 4096 67108864 and stack size to 0x5000, hard reset and tried to install again, but still got the error.

[Symbian_Neil]

Thanks for the links!

The message I get is "Unable to Install" (no panic). The wiki gives two reasons that might happen.

1) Trying to instal a file that is already in ROM. I did a hard reset of the phone prior to installation and the error still comes up, so I don't see how this can be it.

2) Min EPOCHEAPSIZE greater than max EPOCHEAPSIZE. I wasn't setting these in my mmp. I set EPOCHEAPSIZE to 4096 67108864 and stack size to 0x5000, hard reset and tried to install again, but still got the error.

http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/an...60-3rd-edition
This might help you interpret the "unable to install" a little better.