You don't even have to do that--just download the tarball wherever you like, and move it (sudo mv) into /sw/src.
It may be that the server was down, I was just able to get the tarball: [ldx3:unstable/main/finkinfo] hansen% fink fetch pil sudo /sw/bin/fink fetch pil Information about 2108 packages read in 3 seconds. curl -f -L -O http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.4a2.tar.gz % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed 100 380k 100 380k 0 0 122k 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 0:00:00 144k Give it another try. On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 10:41, jean-philippe demoulin wrote: > I don't know whether this is the best way to do it but this is how I > would do > > 1) run fink configure, see where fink should look for download tarballs > and, if necessary, create a directory named /swbackup/src (sudo mkdir > /swbackup/src) > > 2) go to http://effbot.org/downloads/ and download the tarball > > 3) place it in /swbackup/src (sudo mv xx.tar.gz /swbackup/src) > > 4) run fink install sketch > > Hope this helps, > > Le jeudi, 23 jan 2003, � 16:07 Europe/Paris, Baptiste Cecconi a �crit : > > > Hi everybody ! > > > > I'd like to install sketch but the Imaging-1.1.4a2 is needed and > > impossible to get : > > > >> % fink install sketch > >> sudo /sw/bin/fink install sketch > >> Password: > >> > >> (...) > >> > >> curl -f -L -O http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.4a2.tar.gz > >> curl: (7) Timeout while accepting connection, server busy: 60 > >> ### execution of curl failed, exit code 7 > >> Downloading the file "Imaging-1.1.4a2.tar.gz" failed. > > > > This error occurs constantly since last week with this particular > > server... Is there any other place where I can download the package > > and/or tell fink where to find it... > > jeanphi > > -- > jean-philippe demoulin -- th�sard enst > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
