Invalid Publisher in Package Repository Causes Installation Failure on Oracle Solaris System (18262997)

If a you have an invalid publisher configured in the 'pkg' system on a Oracle Solaris system, the installation of Oracle Hardware Management Pack will encounter multiple errors and none of the tools will be correctly installed. The following is an example error message:

Custom Action:            InstallSolaris11
                          Status: ERROR
                          Additional Notes: ERROR -     class
InstallSolaris11 NonfatalInstallException pkg: 1/2 catalogs successfully
updated:
  
Unable to contact valid package repository
Encountered the following error(s):
Unable to contact any configured publishers.
This is likely a network configuration problem.
file protocol error: code: 22 reason: The path '/mnt/repo' does not contain a
valid package repository.
Repository URL: 'file:///mnt/repo'. (happened 2 times)

Workaround

If you encounter this error message:

1. Remove the publisher associated with the Repository URL shown in the error message.

2. Uninstall Oracle Hardware Management Pack.

3. Reinstall Oracle Hardware Management Pack.