Linux Installation of iServer Express issue with "invalid port number"

I am trying to install the iServer Express trial on Ubuntu and I can't seem to get pass the screen that says "Enter the port that iServer will receive request from:" 8000.

I hit enter for the default and it just says: "Error: please enter a valid port number range from -e 1 to -e 65... "

Even when I enter a number, I still get the same error and cannot exit out. No number seems to be valid. help!

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Chezy

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="vrattana">I am trying to install the iServer Express trial on Ubuntu and I can't seem to get pass the screen that says "Enter the port that iServer will receive request from:" 8000. 
 
I hit enter for the default and it just says: "Error: please enter a valid port number range from -e 1 to -e 65... " 
 
Even when I enter a number, I still get the same error and cannot exit out. No number seems to be valid. help!</blockquote>
 
The install uses simple netstat command to look for used port. Do we know Ubuntu supports this command? Can you please paste the output from this command: 
netstat -an | awk '{print $4 " " $6}'

vrattana

can iserver be installed on Solaris 10..? But here's the ubuntu output:

netstat -an | awk '{print $4 "" $6}'
(serversestablished)
LocalForeign
127.0.0.1:3306LISTEN
0.0.0.0:139LISTEN
0.0.0.0:80LISTEN
192.168.1.102:53LISTEN
127.0.0.1:53LISTEN
0.0.0.0:22LISTEN
127.0.0.1:5432LISTEN
0.0.0.0:25LISTEN
127.0.0.1:953LISTEN
0.0.0.0:445LISTEN
192.168.1.102:22ESTABLISHED
:::8080LISTEN
:::53LISTEN
:::22LISTEN
::1:5432LISTEN
::1:953LISTEN
192.168.1.102:137
0.0.0.0:137
192.168.1.102:138
0.0.0.0:138
192.168.1.102:53
127.0.0.1:53
0.0.0.0:68
::1:52126ESTABLISHED
:::53
socketsand
TypeI-Node
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
]3013
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
]3201
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
]5315
ACCSTREAM
ACCSTREAM
]CONNECTED
]CONNECTED
]CONNECTED
]CONNECTED
]9858
]6861
]CONNECTED
]CONNECTED
]6779
]CONNECTED
]CONNECTED
]CONNECTED
]CONNECTED
]6583
]6474
]6468
]CONNECTED
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]CONNECTED
]6322
]5802
]5443
]5427
]CONNECTED
]CONNECTED
]5378

averma

Hi vrattana:
iServer Express is supported only on windows and linux platforms(Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise)

Ashwini

vrattana

Can anyone help with the invalid port error at installation?

I'm still getting that error when installing on Ubuntu as my test server.
Appreciate any help I can get on this.

vrattana

The error message seems to stem b/c of the input not b/c of the port number being used or not:

# Non numeric/null/illegal value for port number
AC_RS_MSG_INVALID_INPUT_PORT_NUM="
n Error: You entered an invalid value for port number.
n Please enter an integer from <MIN> through <MAX>."

From the input prompt of the install script:
AcRSReadInput "$MSG" "$defaultVal" "$ERROR_MSG"
portNum="$g_AcRSInput"
echo $portNum | grep "[^0-9]" > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ] || [ -z "$portNum" ] || [ "$portNum" -lt "$AC_RS_MIN_PORT" ] ||
[ "$portNum" -gt "$AC_RS_MAX_PORT" ]; then
ERROR_MSG=`AcRSCreateMSG "$AC_RS_MSG_INVALID_INPUT_PORT_NUM"
"<MIN>" "$AC_RS_MIN_PORT" "<MAX>" "$AC_RS_MAX_PORT"`
if [ "$g_silent" = "y" ]; then
AcEcho "$ERROR_MSG n"
AcExit
else
defaultVal=
continue
fi
else
break
fi
done

Is there a way to just install with set defaults without the verbose install?

vrattana

Wow.. awesome: 
 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.org/wiki/IServerExpress_on_Ubuntu/'>IServerExpress on Ubuntu - BIRT Wiki - BIRT Exchange</a> 
 
For anyone that has the same problems as me and want to install iServer onto Ubuntu.

vrattana

but i still get the same issue.

iyon

hi vrattana,

Did you find a solution for this? I am having the same problem and could't find any solution