Those who are you want to install and use TinyOS, you may face some unexpected error while using “tos-install-jni” command. So for you here are some tricks to solve those problems.

Problem 1: Permission denied
suzan@amrra.net:~$ tos-install-jni
[: 31: =: unexpected operator
Installing 32-bit Java JNI code in /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/lib/i386 …
install: cannot remove `/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/lib/i386/libgetenv.so’: Permission denied

Solution 1: Use sudo with the command
suzan@amrra.net:~$ sudo tos-install-jni
[: 31: =: unexpected operator
Installing 32-bit Java JNI code in /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/lib/i386 …
done.

Problem 2: [: 31: =: unexpected operator
suzan@amrra.net:~$ sudo tos-install-jni
[: 31: =: unexpected operator
Installing 32-bit Java JNI code in /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/lib/i386 …
done.

Solution 2: Edit /usr/bin/tos-install-jni and change 1st line from “#!/bin/sh” to “#!/bin/bash”
suzan@amrra.net:~$ sudo tos-install-jni
Installing 32-bit Java JNI code in /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/lib/i386 …
done.

Enjoy TinyOS!!