Check the size of the file: [ldx3:/sw/src] hansen% ls -l w3c* -rw-r--r-- 1 root unknown 1956340 Dec 20 2000 w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz
if it's some ridiculously small number, then you probably need to update your package descriptions because fink's download URLS have changed--what you would have is actually an HTML file directing you to the proper download mirror. On Thursday 01 August 2002 20:40, chip brock wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to install latex2html into my OSX10.1.5 system, but the > installation stops with: > > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > ### tar failed, exit code 2 > Unpacking the tarball w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz of package libwww-5.3.2-2 > 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 > > The reply of 'yes' repeats the error. Any ideas? The entire transcript of > this transaction is below my signature script. > > thanks, > Ray Brock > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- Raymond Brock * Professor of Physics > 3210 BPS Building > Department of Physics and Astronomy > Michigan State University * East Lansing, MI 48824 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cell..............(517)927-5447 > hep office........(517)353-1693/355-9200 #2120 > open fax..........(517)355-6661 > secure fax........(517)351-0688 > Fermilab office...(630)840-2286 > CERN Office:......40 5-C31 * 76-71258 > > Home: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/ > db/dh meetings: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/dhdb/ > Snowmass: http://snowmassserver.snowmass2001.org/Working_Group_E4/ > farm shift log: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/farming/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- transcript: > > > sudo /sw/bin/fink install latex2html > Password: > Reading package info... > Information about 427 packages read in 2 seconds. > > fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The > candidates: > > (1) tetex-base: TeTeX is an implementation of TeX for UNIX > (2) system-tetex: Placeholder package for manually installed teTeX > > Pick one: [1] 1 > > fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The > candidates: > > (1) ghostscript: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF, v7.02 > (2) ghostscript6: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF, v6.01 (used with > teTeX) > > Pick one: [1] 2 > > fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The > candidates: > > (1) tetex-texmf: Main texmf tree for a teTeX installation > (2) system-tetex: Placeholder package for manually installed teTeX > > Pick one: [1] 1 > > fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The > candidates: > > (1) system-xfree86: Placeholder package for manually installed XFree86 > (2) system-xtools: Placeholder package for manually installed Xtools > (3) xfree86-base: XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data. > > Pick one: [1] 3 > The following 18 additional packages will be installed: > ghostscript-fonts ghostscript6 libjpeg libjpeg-bin libpng libpng-shlibs > libtiff libtiff-bin libtiff-shlibs libwww netpbm netpbm-bin netpbm-shlibs > tetex-base tetex-texmf type1inst xfree86-base zlib > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > dpkg -i > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/graphics/libjpeg-bin_6b-5_ >d arwin-powerpc.deb > Selecting previously deselected package libjpeg-bin. > (Reading database ... 3470 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking libjpeg-bin (from .../libjpeg-bin_6b-5_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > Setting up libjpeg-bin (6b-5) ... > rm -rf libwww-5.3.2-2 > mkdir -p /sw/src/libwww-5.3.2-2 > tar -xzf /sw/src/w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz > > 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 w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz of package libwww-5.3.2-2 > 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/w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz > curl -f -L -s -S -O > http://www.w3c.org/Library/Distribution/w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz > tar -xzf /sw/src/w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz > > 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 w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz of package libwww-5.3.2-2 > 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] n > Failed: unpacking tarball w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz of package libwww-5.3.2-2 > failed > [localhost:~] brock% > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- -- Alexander K. 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