Antonio Inojal wrote: > Hello, I have been trying to use fink to install a couple of packages. > Some have been successful, but the other half not. The other half was > unsuccessful not because of compiling, but because it seems that some > files are, and correct me if I am wrong, are corrupted. I get error > messages like: > > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > ### tar failed, exit code 2 > > Saying that the downloaded file is not in gzip format. If this is a
I am always amazed by the lack of curiosity of those who ask this question (it gets asked a lot, it's probably one of the most FAQs recently). If it says "not in gzip format", why don't you have the urge to look *what format* it is in? Just look at the file with whatever means you have. Say "file /sw/src/downloadedfile.tar.gz" to get the file type, or open it with "more" or TextEdit or vi or BBedit Lite etc. In very rare cases, the file on the server is indeed corrupt or there are problems with the transmission, so that the downloaded file is corrupt. In almost all cases, the downloaded file is not corrupt, it is just something else, namely a text file containing html code or an error message. Most of the time, reading this text file gives an explanation of what happened. You don't give details, so I'll guess: The packages that fail try to download from some sourceforge repository, and your package descriptions date from the time before sourceforge changed their download system from the unique prdownloads.sourceforge.net to a system of mirrors. If this is the case, either download the files manually or update your package descriptions via selfupdate-cvs. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
