OK, I was not aware of that - thanks. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Gary Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------ >
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