David VandeBunte wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions Sergei and Steven. It turns out the > problem (thanks to Slide) was that I did not have root access while > doing this .. I really should have noticed that problem but didn't > realize the download didn't work b/c I didn't have access to > /opt/ecos, I was only thinking of the download problem. I'll try them > when I get back to my computer, just to learn :}.
After you have that basic install done, *MOVE ON* to the anonymous CVS tree. The version you are downloading (which, sadly, is the automatic choice) is now more than 6 years old and not worth spending any effort on. See http://ecos.sourceware.org/anoncvs.html for details > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Sergei Gavrikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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 >> >> > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
