[Elecraft] K3 update issues on Linux

[Kevin]

Who made the Elecraft folder and what permissions are assigned to it?

Mike Clarke wrote:
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Mike Clarke <clarkema at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to update my K3 using the firmware utility on Linux (Debian Lenny.)
>>     
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>> As a result, the downloaded files are saved in $HOME/Elecraft, rather
>> than $HOME/Elecraft/K3_Firmware, and it seems the firmware updater
>> doesn't detect them.  I tried:
>>
>> $ cd ~ ; rm -rf Elecraft ; mkdir Elecraft
>> $ tar -zxvf k3utility.tgz -C Elecraft
>> $ cd Elecraft
>> $ mkdir K3_Firmware
>>
>> and then tried the update again.  This time, the files are downloaded
>> without complaint, and stored in $HOME/Elecraft/K3_Firmware.
>>
>> However, when the download is complete, I get an error dialog: "An
>> exception of class NilObjectException was not handled.  The
>> application must shut down."
>>     
>
> An off-list reply from David, W4SMT, prompted some further checks.  If I unpack
> the original tarball into ~/foo instead of ~/Elecraft, it all seems to
> work correctly;
> I can download updated firmware from Elecraft, and the utility offers
> to allow me
> to update my rig.
>
> The problem _seems_ be caused by my random selection of ~/Elecraft as a
> directory to unpack the tarball into.  It seems that, because that directory
> already existed when k3util was first run, it didn't create
> ~/Elecraft/K3_Firmware
> as it did when I unpacked into ~/foo.  Possibly a bug in k3util, or I
> have missed
> something?
>
> Thanks,
>
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