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Article #27394: Borland Kylix Install Frequently Asked Questions

Error -10 when trying to install Kylix
The Error -10 is a generic install error. The usual cause of this is due to a previous version of Kylix that wasn't uninstalled completely. You will need to check the RPM database to see if there are still components from Kylix installed. This can be done with command rpm -qa | grep kylix. For each of the resulting packages (if there are none, then Kylix is completely uninstalled), use rpm -e PackageName to remove them. Then, try reinstalling Kylix.

If you have Kylix completely uninstalled (the rpm -qa | grep kylix command returns nothing), and after choosing "Begin Install" from the installation, the installer aborts with an error code -10, then the problem may be do with the your locale settings. Typing the command "locale" may show LC_NUMERIC="de_DE" (the German locale, in this case). Some versions of RPM (mostly newer ones) respect this setting and will use a comma as the decimal separator. This causes a problem for the Kylix installer. The installer needs a period as the decimal separator. The workaround is to reset the LC_NUMERIC environment like this:

export LC_NUMERIC="en_US"

Once installation is finished, you can reset this value by setting it to the original locale. This problem can occur for any locale which does not use a period as the decimal separator.
 

Should I install Kylix as root or a regular user?
Installing Kylix as root has the advantage of allowing all users to access the Kylix installation, provided you install it into a "shared" location. I reccomend installing Kylix as root into the directory /usr/local/kylix. However, if you are going to be the only user using Kylix, you may want to install it as that user into your home directory.

To install as root, type su from the command prompt and enter the super user password. Then, run the Kylix installer.
 

Last Modified: 13-JUN-01