Re: [ECOS] eCos on ubuntu - general download problem

[Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>]

David VandeBunte wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions Sergei and Steven.  It turns out the
> problem (thanks to Slide) was that I did not have root access while
> doing this .. I really should have noticed that problem but didn't
> realize the download didn't work b/c I didn't have access to
> /opt/ecos, I was only thinking of the download problem.  I'll try them
> when I get back to my computer, just to learn :}.

After you have that basic install done, *MOVE ON* to the anonymous CVS
tree.  The version you are downloading (which, sadly, is the automatic
choice) is now more than 6 years old and not worth spending any effort
on.

See http://ecos.sourceware.org/anoncvs.html for details

> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Sergei Gavrikov <sg@belvok.com> wrote:
>> Steven Clugston wrote:
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org
>>> [mailto:ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org] On Behalf Of David
>>> VandeBunte
>>> Sent: 21 October 2008 23:56
>>> To: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org
>>> Subject: [ECOS] eCos on ubuntu - general download problem
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I'm a relative newbie to linux and definitely to the eCos operating
>>> system.  I have been getting a particular error while trying to download
>>> the software (using the ecos-install.tcl) that I can't seem to get
>>> around and was wondering if anyone could help.  Here's what I did in
>>> detail:
>> If you look for old public domain release candidates (very old), just to try
>>
>> $ aptitude search ecos
>> p   ecos                            - Deeply embedded operating system
>> p   ecos-doc                        - Documentation for eCos
>> p   ecosconfig                      - eCos host-side software
>>
>> aptitude install ...
>>
>> You'll get the latest eCos RC before eCos 2.0.
>>
>> Freshmeat is here
>>
>> http://ecos.sourceware.org/anoncvs.html
>> http://ecoscentric.com/devzone/configtool.shtml
>> http://ecoscentric.com/devzone/snapshots.shtml
>>
>>
>> Sergei
>>
>>
>>> <copied in>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>> Available distribution sites:
>>>
>>> [1]    ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/ecos
>>> [2]    http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/ecos
>>> [3]    ftp://mirror.ac.uk/sites/sources.redhat.com/ftp/ecos
>>> [4]    http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sources.redhat.com/ftp/ecos
>>> [5]
>>> ftp://sources-redhat.mirror.redwire.net/pub/sources.redhat.com/ecos
>>> [6]    http://sources-redhat.mirror.redwire.net/ecos
>>> [7]    ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/ecos
>>> [8]    http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/ecos
>>> [9]    ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/sourceware/ecos
>>> [10]    http://planetmirror.com/pub/sourceware/ecos
>>> [11]    ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/ecos
>>> [12]    http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/ecos
>>> [13]    ftp://sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/sources.redhat.com/pub/ecos
>>> [14]    ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/pub/ecos
>>> [15]    ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/sources.redhat.com/ecos
>>> [16]    http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/sources.redhat.com/ecos
>>> [17]
>>> ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/sources.redhat.com/ecos
>>> [18]
>>> http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/sources.redhat.com/ecos
>>> [19]    http://www.carfield.com.hk/mirror/sources.redhat.com/ecos
>>> [20]    ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Unix/cygnus/ecos
>>> [21]    http://ftp.unina.it/pub/Unix/cygnus/ecos
>>> [22]    ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/sourceware/ecos
>>> [23]    ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/mirrorsites/sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/ecos
>>> [24]
>>> http://ftp.sun.ac.za/ftp/mirrorsites/sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/ecos
>>> [25]    ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/CYGNUS/ecos
>>> [26]    ftp://ecos.sourceware.org/pub/ecos
>>>
>>> Please select a distribution site: 5
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Please select a directory for installation [Default
>>> /home/davidvandebunte/ecos]: /opt/ecos
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>> Available prebuilt GNU tools:
>>>
>>> [1]    arm-elf
>>> [2]    i386-elf
>>> [3]    mipsisa32-elf
>>> [4]    powerpc-eabi
>>> [5]    sh-elf
>>> [q]    Finish selecting GNU tools
>>>
>>> ("*" indicates tools already selected)
>>>
>>> Please select GNU tools to download and install: q Entering /opt/ecos
>>> Retrieving eCos version 2.0 Connected...
>>>
>>> *** wget returned error. Last five lines of wget output:
>>> Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
>>> ==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
>>> ==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD
>>> /pub/sources.redhat.com/ecos/releases/ecos-2.0 ... done.
>>> ==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR ecos-2.0.i386linux.tar.bz2 ... done.
>>> ecos-2.0.i386linux.tar.bz2: Permission denied
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>> Download failed. Perhaps you need to set a proxy to connect via a
>>> firewall?
>>>
>>> Configure a proxy? [Y/n]
>>> </copied in>
>>>
>>> I don't know how to configure a proxy on linux (have tried to look it
>>> up) but no dice so far.  I've tried some intelligent things and I've
>>> tried every entry on the ftp list.  The problem may be that I'm doing
>>> this connected to my universities network.  If anyone can help, even a
>>> suggestion, it's appreciated.  This may be a common newb problem worth
>>> remembering.
>>>
>>> David VandeBunte
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> You need to do something like:
>>>
>>> $ export http_proxy=http://wwwcache.university-address:8080
>>> $ export ftp_proxy=http://wwwcache.university-address:8080
>>>
>>> Do this before runing the ecos-install.tcl script. Or when it asks if
>>> you need to set a proxy then answer yes and enter the proxy address as
>>> above where 8080 is the proxy port number.
>>>
>>> Note that it will only last for your current console session.
>>> Get the exact proxy address from Internet explorer or other web browser
>>> network settings if you don't know it.
>>> You can set this in your .bashrc file or .bash_profile to make it
>>> permanent, but if you are using Ubuntu then there is usually a better
>>> way to set this globally in one of the Administrator or preference
>>> settings on the Gnome panel.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>
>>> Steven
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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