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Re: eCos on ubuntu - general download problem


OK, I was not aware of that - thanks.

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos
>>>> and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
>>>>
>>>> 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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> ------------------------------------------------------------
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> MLB Associates              |    Embedded world
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>

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