Jullia Lee wrote: > Hello, > My first post! I'm a complete novice! Any help will be much appreciated! > > Ultimate goal: install coot and ccp4 > I have a macbook pro leopard os x version 10.5.7 > > I'm following directions from this site: > http://sage.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/xtal/wiki/index.php/Quick_Start > > I successfully installed xcode and x11 (from xquartz 2.3.3.2) and fink 0.9.0 > binary installer (intel). > > So, I opened a terminal window from x11, edited the file /sw/etc/fink.conf and > added the final two entries to the line "Trees" (directed from the above > website) and did the following: > > bash-3.2$ fink index > Scanning package description files.......... > bash-3.2$ fink selfupdate-rsync > > Please note: the command 'fink selfupdate' should be used for routine > updating; you only need to use 'fink selfupdate-cvs' or 'fink > selfupdate-rsync' > if you are changing your update method. > > Failed: Sorry, fink doesn't support rsync updating in the 10.5 distribution > at p > resent. > > bash-3.2$ fink selfupdate > > The file "CURRENT-FINK-10.5" already exists. > > (1) Delete it and download again > (2) Assume it is a partial download and try to continue > (3) Don't download, use existing file > > How do you want to proceed? [1] > curl --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -A 'fink/0.27.13' -O > http://www.finkproject.org/ > CURRENT-FINK-10.5 > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time > Current > Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed > 0 13 0 13 0 0 553 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 13000 > > I will now download the package descriptions for Fink 10.5-0.9.0.2 and update > the core packages. After that, you should update the other packages using > commands like 'fink update-all'. > > tar -xzf dists-10.5-0.9.0.2.tar.gz > > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > ### execution of tar failed, exit code 2 > Failed: unpacking dists-10.5-0.9.0.2.tar.gz failed > bash-3.2$ > > HELP? > > > For some reason you're getting a bad 0.9.0.2 snapshot tarball. Try using "fink selfupdate-cvs", which should get you around this issue unless you're having other network issues. This also gets around the issues mentioned in the FAQ entry that monipol mentioned. After that you may or may not want to switch to rsync mode: cvs is from a single server, which historically was subject to being overloaded; whereas rsync has multiple mirrors available, but sometimes the mirroring process can get bogged down.
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