Steven Clugston wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > VandeBunte > Sent: 21 October 2008 23:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ECOS] eCos on ubuntu - general download problem > > All, > > I'm a relative newbie to linux and definitely to the eCos operating > system. I have been getting a particular error while trying to download > the software (using the ecos-install.tcl) that I can't seem to get > around and was wondering if anyone could help. Here's what I did in > detail:
If you look for old public domain release candidates (very old), just to try $ aptitude search ecos p ecos - Deeply embedded operating system p ecos-doc - Documentation for eCos p ecosconfig - eCos host-side software aptitude install ... You'll get the latest eCos RC before eCos 2.0. Freshmeat is here http://ecos.sourceware.org/anoncvs.html http://ecoscentric.com/devzone/configtool.shtml http://ecoscentric.com/devzone/snapshots.shtml Sergei > > <copied in> > --------------------------------------------------------- > Available distribution sites: > > [1] ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/ecos > [2] http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/ecos > [3] ftp://mirror.ac.uk/sites/sources.redhat.com/ftp/ecos > [4] http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sources.redhat.com/ftp/ecos > [5] > ftp://sources-redhat.mirror.redwire.net/pub/sources.redhat.com/ecos > [6] http://sources-redhat.mirror.redwire.net/ecos > [7] ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/ecos > [8] http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/ecos > [9] ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/sourceware/ecos > [10] http://planetmirror.com/pub/sourceware/ecos > [11] ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/ecos > [12] http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/ecos > [13] ftp://sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/sources.redhat.com/pub/ecos > [14] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/pub/ecos > [15] ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/sources.redhat.com/ecos > [16] http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/sources.redhat.com/ecos > [17] > ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/sources.redhat.com/ecos > [18] > http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/sources.redhat.com/ecos > [19] http://www.carfield.com.hk/mirror/sources.redhat.com/ecos > [20] ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Unix/cygnus/ecos > [21] http://ftp.unina.it/pub/Unix/cygnus/ecos > [22] ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/sourceware/ecos > [23] ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/mirrorsites/sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/ecos > [24] > http://ftp.sun.ac.za/ftp/mirrorsites/sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/ecos > [25] ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/CYGNUS/ecos > [26] ftp://ecos.sourceware.org/pub/ecos > > Please select a distribution site: 5 > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Please select a directory for installation [Default > /home/davidvandebunte/ecos]: /opt/ecos > --------------------------------------------------------- > Available prebuilt GNU tools: > > [1] arm-elf > [2] i386-elf > [3] mipsisa32-elf > [4] powerpc-eabi > [5] sh-elf > [q] Finish selecting GNU tools > > ("*" indicates tools already selected) > > Please select GNU tools to download and install: q Entering /opt/ecos > Retrieving eCos version 2.0 Connected... > > *** wget returned error. Last five lines of wget output: > Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! > ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. > ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD > /pub/sources.redhat.com/ecos/releases/ecos-2.0 ... done. > ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR ecos-2.0.i386linux.tar.bz2 ... done. > ecos-2.0.i386linux.tar.bz2: Permission denied > --------------------------------------------------------- > Download failed. Perhaps you need to set a proxy to connect via a > firewall? > > Configure a proxy? [Y/n] > </copied in> > > I don't know how to configure a proxy on linux (have tried to look it > up) but no dice so far. I've tried some intelligent things and I've > tried every entry on the ftp list. The problem may be that I'm doing > this connected to my universities network. If anyone can help, even a > suggestion, it's appreciated. This may be a common newb problem worth > remembering. > > David VandeBunte > > -- > Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos > and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss > > David, > > You need to do something like: > > $ export http_proxy=http://wwwcache.university-address:8080 > $ export ftp_proxy=http://wwwcache.university-address:8080 > > Do this before runing the ecos-install.tcl script. Or when it asks if > you need to set a proxy then answer yes and enter the proxy address as > above where 8080 is the proxy port number. > > Note that it will only last for your current console session. > Get the exact proxy address from Internet explorer or other web browser > network settings if you don't know it. > You can set this in your .bashrc file or .bash_profile to make it > permanent, but if you are using Ubuntu then there is usually a better > way to set this globally in one of the Administrator or preference > settings on the Gnome panel. > > Hope this helps, > > Steven > > > -- > Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos > and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
