It seems that similar things happen for other users. There is a similar
issue in the repository of GSL: https://github.com/jiahao/GSL.jl/issues/29.
On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 8:10:06 PM UTC-4, Yifei Ni wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, it seems that the GSL package still cannot be added using
> the Pkg.add(). Here is the error message:
>
> julia> Pkg.add("GSL")
> INFO: Cloning cache of GSL from git://github.com/jiahao/GSL.jl.git
> INFO: Installing GSL v0.1.2
> INFO: Building GSL
> INFO: Updating WinRPM package list
> INFO: Downloading
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_13.1//repodata/repomd.xml
> INFO: Downloading
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win64/openSUSE_13.1//repodata/repomd.xml
> INFO: Multiple package candidates found for mingw64-cross-pkg-config,
> picking newest.
> WARNING: Multiple package candidates have the same version, picking one at
> random
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libglib-2.0.so.0
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)
> WARNING: Package not found that provides pkg-config
> WARNING: Package not found that provides rpm
> WARNING: Package not found that provides /bin/sh
> WARNING: Package not found that provides /bin/bash
> INFO: Multiple package candidates found for mingw64-cross-breakpad-tools,
> picking newest.
> WARNING: Multiple package candidates have the same version, picking one at
> random
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libstdc++.so.6
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.9)
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4)
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.15)
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libm.so.6
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.11)
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3)
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libgcc_s.so.1
> WARNING: Package not found that provides libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.10)
> INFO: Packages to install: mingw64-cross-breakpad-tools, filesystem,
> libgsl0, mingw64-cross-pkg-config, gsl
> INFO: Downloading: mingw64-cross-breakpad-tools
> INFO: Extracting: mingw64-cross-breakpad-tools
> INFO: Downloading: filesystem
> INFO: Extracting: filesystem
> INFO: Downloading: libgsl0
> INFO: Extracting: libgsl0
> INFO: Downloading: mingw64-cross-pkg-config
> INFO: Extracting: mingw64-cross-pkg-config
> INFO: Downloading: gsl
> INFO: Extracting: gsl
> INFO: Complete
> ========================================[ ERROR: GSL
> ]========================================
>
> Provider PackageManager failed to satisfy dependency libgsl
> while loading C:\cygwin64\home\Diaw\.julia\v0.3\GSL\deps\build.jl, in
> expression starting on line 29
>
>
> ==============================================================================================
>
> =======================================[ BUILD ERRORS
> ]=======================================
>
> WARNING: GSL had build errors.
>
> - packages with build errors remain installed in
> C:\cygwin64\home\Diaw\.julia\v0.3
> - build the package(s) and all dependencies with `Pkg.build("GSL")`
> - build a single package by running its `deps/build.jl` script
>
>
> ==============================================================================================
> INFO: Package database updated
>
> Thanks,
> Yifei
>
> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:40:53 PM UTC-4, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>
>> That works! Thank you so much.
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:29:57 PM UTC-4, Tony Kelman wrote:
>>>
>>> Right. Don't do Pkg.clone. Remove the package from .trash then try
>>> Pkg.add again. If you're still getting a "unknown package Zlib" error you
>>> might need to try deleting your entire .julia directory and re-doing
>>> Pkg.init(); Pkg.update(); Pkg.add("Zlib")
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 4:28:33 PM UTC-7, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here is the error message for Pkg.clone() after I delete the Zlib
>>>> package at joinpath(Pkg.dir(),".trash","Zlib").
>>>>
>>>> julia> Pkg.clone("https://github.com/dcjones/Zlib.jl.git";)
>>>> INFO: Cloning Zlib from https://github.com/dcjones/Zlib.jl.git
>>>> INFO: Computing changes...
>>>> WARNING: Zlib is fixed at 0.0.0- conflicting with requirement for
>>>> WinRPM: [0.1.4,∞)
>>>> INFO: No packages to install, update or remove
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:25:14 PM UTC-4, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh I see what you mean by delete the package at .trash.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:22:33 PM UTC-4, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tried Pkg.update(). Besides, I have used Pkg.rm() before using
>>>>>> Pkg.clone(). Is this correct?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:18:40 PM UTC-4, Tony Kelman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you done Pkg.init() and Pkg.update() ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you tried using Pkg.clone at any point, you may need to remove
>>>>>>> the copy of Zlib that is now at joinpath(Pkg.dir(),".trash","Zlib")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 4:12:33 PM UTC-7, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Tony,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is the full error message.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> julia> Pkg.add("Zlib")
>>>>>>>> ERROR: unknown package Zlib
>>>>>>>> in wait at task.jl:51
>>>>>>>> in sync_end at task.jl:311
>>>>>>>> in add at pkg/entry.jl:319
>>>>>>>> in add at pkg/entry.jl:71
>>>>>>>> in anonymous at pkg/dir.jl:28
>>>>>>>> in cd at file.jl:30
>>>>>>>> in cd at pkg/dir.jl:28
>>>>>>>> in add at pkg.jl:20
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 5:34:05 PM UTC-4, Tony Kelman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What is the full error message when you try Pkg.add("Zlib") ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 1:57:21 PM UTC-7, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am now confronting a problem of adding the package Zlib when I
>>>>>>>>>> try to add the package GSL. The Pkg.add() cannot find Zlib and
>>>>>>>>>> Pkg.clone("
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/dcjones/Zlib.jl.git";) fixed the version of
>>>>>>>>>> Zlib at 0.0.0- which is in conflict with requirement of WinRPM,
>>>>>>>>>> which is
>>>>>>>>>> [0.1.4,inf). Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Yifei
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
