Or pick option (5) which downloads from the Fink master repository. By the way, 1.2.4 is also the latest version in unstable.
Alexander K. Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aviv Fried Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:12 PM To: Allan Dobbins Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Gimp Install Problem Well, after asking smarter people than me, they suggest install from binary. so use: sudo apt-get update and than: sudo apt-get install gimp this should work until the maintainer update it. On Monday, Jun 30, 2003, at 15:23 America/Edmonton, Allan Dobbins wrote: > I just attempted to install gimp. After being presented with some > choices on some other > other required patches I get a message like: > > curl -f -L -O > ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.2/v1.2.4/gimp-1.2.4.tar.bz2 > curl: (9) Couldn't change to directory pub/gimp/v1.2/v1.2.4 > ### execution of curl failed, exit code 9 > Downloading the file "gimp-1.2.4.tar.bz2" failed. > > (1) Give up > (2) Retry the same mirror > (3) Retry another mirror from your country > (4) Retry another mirror > (5) Retry using next mirror set "master" > > I tried a few other mirror sites with the same result. When I ftp to > the mirror sites I find > that this file (v1.2.4) has been superceded and does not exist. I am > assuming that > the latest stable version of gimp listed on some fink master list and > the actual latest > stable version on the mirrors have gotten out of step. > > To verify that there was not some problem with my version of fink (I > had just upgraded > to 0.53 before trying to install fink), I installed another package > which worked fine. > > Is there a way to specify precisely the filename one wants to install > in a case like this? > > I suppose an alternative would be to switch to unstable and download > v1.3.* from > there. > > -Allan Dobbins > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/ > 01 > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
