Failure to update Stata 16 -> 16.1 (r(695) error)

[larsvilhuber]

I'm trying to update in a Linux VM. I'm failing at a part of the update process:

> chmod-R +rwX /usr/local/stata
> umask
0022
> cat update.do
update all
> stata -q update.do
. do update.do

. update all
(contacting http://www.stata.com)

downloading executable files ... complete
downloading utility files ... complete
downloading documentation files ... complete
downloading ado files ... complete

installing executable files ... complete
installing utility files ...
Could not move jar to .old/
r(695);

end of do-file

r(695);

> ls -l /usr/local/stata
. total 226584
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Dec 11 2019 ado
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6443 Dec 11 2019 auto.dta
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 20:43 docs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4452 Dec 11 2019 inst2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28 Jan 7 2020 installed.160
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 Dec 11 2019 isstata.160
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2065 Dec 11 2019 setrwxp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34052888 Apr 12 20:43 stata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2277 Dec 11 2019 stata16.png
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3118 Dec 11 2019 stata_br
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92 Apr 8 12:48 stata.lic
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41772312 Apr 12 20:43 stata-mp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3445 Dec 11 2019 stata_pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34057016 Apr 12 20:43 stata-se
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13904 Mar 23 2015 stinit
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 12 20:43 utilities
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 38182584 Apr 12 20:43 xstata
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45680152 Apr 12 20:43 xstata-mp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 38182616 Apr 12 20:43 xstata-se
> chmod-R +rwX /usr/local/stata*
> stata -qdo update.do


. do update.do

. update all
(contacting http://www.stata.com)


installing utility files ...
Could not move jar to .old/
r(695);

end of do-file

r(695);

Any thoughs?

[Carlo Lazzaro]

Lars:
the usual advice is to follow the recommendations available from

https://www.stata.com/support/faqs/technical-support/contact-tech-support/

[Oscar Ozfidan]

Could not move jar to .old/
This is just a guess. This looks like Stata is trying to remove the file or folder named "jar" before installing the update. I believe this would be consistent, if I remember correctly, them asking to uninstall older versions of stata i.e. version 12 vs 16 before installation. I would try to find out where that "jar" file is located and delete it manually. It may be a corrupt file and got stuck where it is.