you want to use hardy.
In my /etc/apt/sources.list I have the following line:

deb http://tinyos.stanford.edu/tinyos/dists/ubuntu hardy main

Give that a try.

eric


On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:58 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I just installed Kubuntu (the newest version) on my laptop, and now
> I'm trying to install a nesC compiler onto it.  I've used Linux
> before, but I wouldn't say I'm proficient at it.  First, I tried
> searching in the Adept Package Manager for anything to do with tinyos
> or nesc, but there wasn't anything.  I found the website
> 5secondfuse.com and followed the instructions there to install TinyOS:
>  added a lot of repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list, then typed
>
> sudo apt-get install cvs subversion autoconf automake1.9 python-dev
> sudo apt-get install g++ g++-3.4 gperf swig sun-java5-jdk graphviz alien
> fakeroot
>
> These all worked.  Then, the next line,
>
> sudo apt-get install tinyos-msp430 tinyos-avr
>
> told me that package tinyos-msp430 couldn't be found.  I tried the
> line without tinyos-msp430, and it said tinyos-avr couldn't be found
> either.  I remembered seeing an e-mail to the list regarding a similar
> problem, so I found the e-mail and did what it said.  I can't seem to
> find the e-mail right now, but it included adding one line to
> sources.list which was similar to
>
> deb http://tinyos.stanford.edu/tinyos/dists/ubuntu feisty main
>
> and then trying to install a package like libc-tinyos-msp430.  This
> package couldn't be found either.  Finally, I tried to download the
> source code for a nesC compiler off of sourceforge.com.  The
> instructions in the INSTALL file said to type
>
> ./configure
> make
>
> and then some more stuff, but my computer refused to "make", saying
> something like "Error: C compiler cannot create executables."  If
> anyone could help me get around any of these problems, it would be
> greatly appreciated.  Thanks,
> -Kyle
>
>
>
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Eric B. Decker
Senior (over 50 :-) Researcher
Autonomous Systems Lab
Jack Baskin School of Engineering
UCSC
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