Chia -
What does the "sudo dselect" do???
I am definite that the problem is with the "downloaders" url usd by
"curl".
I have just transferred one file "by hand" from a mirrored web site
and kicked
off "fink" again - and "fink" bombed on the second file with the
same error.
I have been playing with this for about 12 hours now.
- Thanks,
Dave
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I used "sudo dselect" to install xfree86-base & -rootles. Give that a try.
>Chia
>
>On 06/01/02 1:26 PM, "David Halko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Hello -
>>
>>I have been waiting for the window version of fink to be released
>>(Fink Commander) before starting to use fink - here it is, so I
>>decided to give Fink a try. I have done much svr4 & solaris work
>>over the years, so I did not want to jump into the debbian
>>packaging too quickly since I was so familiar with svr4 pkgadd.
>>
>>I have the following installed:
>> MacOSX 10.1.4 installed
>> Fink Package Manager 0.9.11
>> Fink Distribution 0.4.0
>>
>>A previous user posting seems to be having the same problem that I have.
>>Fink appears to be dying on download of XFree86-base and XFree86-rootless.
>>The previous response indicated that the "prdownloads" does not work
>>anymore and to do a "fink self-update".
>>I did the "fink self-update", but I am still getting the "prdownloads"
>>instead of a mirror.
>>I have included the detail below.
>>
>>Help!
>>Thanks,
>>David J. Halko
>>--------------------
>>
>>XFree86 install bombs big time.
>>
>>>[localhost:~] root# fink install xfree86-base
>>>Reading package info...
>>>Information about 427 packages read in 3 seconds.
>>>rm -rf xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
>>>mkdir -p /sw/src/xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
>>>tar -xzf /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
>>>
>>>gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
>>>tar: Child returned status 1
>>>tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>>### tar failed, exit code 2
>>>Unpacking the tarball X420src-1.tgz of package xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
>>>
>>failed.
>>
>>>The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download.
>>>
>>Do you
>>
>>>want to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n] Y
>>>rm -f /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
>>>curl -f -L -s -S -O http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/X420src-1.tgz
>>>tar -xzf /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
>>>
>>>gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
>>>tar: Child returned status 1
>>>tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>>### tar failed, exit code 2
>>>Unpacking the tarball X420src-1.tgz of package xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
>>>
>>failed.
>>
>>>The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download.
>>>
>>Do you
>>
>>>want to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n]
>>>rm -f /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
>>>curl -f -L -s -S -O http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/X420src-1.tgz
>>>tar -xzf /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
>>>
>>>gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
>>>tar: Child returned status 1
>>>tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>>### tar failed, exit code 2
>>>Unpacking the tarball X420src-1.tgz of package xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
>>>
>>failed.
>>
>>>The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download.
>>>
>>Do you
>>
>>>want to delete the tarball and download it again? [y/N]
>>>Failed: unpacking tarball X420src-1.tgz of package
>>>
>>xfree86-base-4.2.0-4 failed
>>
>>I have checked all of the historical messages & faq's - someone
>>had this problem a few days ago and someone said to do a:
>> fink selfupdate
>>
>>But this appeared to do nothing... tried the XFree86 install after this
>>with same results.
>>
>>>[localhost:~] root# fink selfupdate
>>>
>>>(1) Delete it and download again
>>>(2) Assume it is a partial download and try to continue
>>>(3) Don't download, use existing file
>>>
>>>The file "LATEST-FINK" already exists, how do you want to proceed? [1]
>>>rm -f LATEST-FINK
>>>curl -f -L -s -S -O http://fink.sourceforge.net/LATEST-FINK
>>>
>>>You already have the package descriptions from the latest Fink point
>>>
>>release.
>>
>>>(installed:0.4.0 available:0.4.0)
>>>
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