On 1/20/06, Brian Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I am new to the list and definately a Fink newbie. I am trying to > upgrade Fink to version 0.8.0, as I am running 10.4.4. I have tried to > follow the instructions at: > > http://fink.sourceforge.net/index.php?phpLang=en > > Here is what happened: > > $ fink selfupdate > /usr/bin/sudo /sw/bin/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 "CURRENT-FINK-10.3" already exists. How do you want to proceed? [1] > 1 > curl -f -L -O http://fink.sourceforge.net/CURRENT-FINK-10.3 > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time > Current > Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed > 0 11 0 11 0 0 25 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- > 0 > > I will now download the package descriptions for Fink 10.3-0.7.2 and update > the core packages. After that, you should update the other packages using > commands like 'fink update-all'. > > curl -f -L -O > http://west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fink/dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz > > curl: (7) couldn't connect to host > ### execution of curl failed, exit code 7 > Downloading the file "dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz" failed. > > (1) Give up > (2) Retry the same mirror > (3) Retry another mirror from your country > (4) Retry another mirror from your continent > (5) Retry another mirror > > How do you want to proceed? [3] 3 > curl -f -L -O > http://aleron.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fink/dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time > Current > Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed > 4200 390 4200 12685 0 0 7883 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- > 24042 > tar -xzf dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz > > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > ### execution of tar failed, exit code 2 > Failed: unpacking dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz failed > $ fink --version > Package manager version: 0.21.3 > Distribution version: 0.7.1 > > $ sudo /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl > Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin8.4.0 > This system was not released at the time this Fink release was made. > Prerelease versions of Mac OS X might work with Fink, but there are no > guarantees. > ln -s 10.3 /sw/fink/dists > $ fink --version > Package manager version: 0.21.3 > Distribution version: 0.7.1 > > -snip- > > So where do I go from here?? Help!!! > > Cheers, > > Brian.
The second mirror also gave you a bad file. Just keep trying mirrors. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
