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akejo

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Registered: 2007-03-21

Posts: 98

Can't install cups, mirror problems?

Hi, I am trying to install cups to be able to use my printer, but it seems there's some problem. I don't know if its because upgrades(Read on frontpage cups is upgraded to 1.2.10-1) or just a glitch. This happens both on swedish(ftp.gigabit.nu) mirror and on the main site(ftp.archlinux.org).

Should I just wait or download packages manually

[root@apc ~]# pacman -S cups

Targets: openslp-1.2.1-1 cups-1.2.9-1

Total Package Size:   2.9 MB

Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] y

:: Retrieving packages from current...
warning: failed to get filesize for cups-1.2.9-1.pkg.tar.gz

failed downloading cups-1.2.9-1.pkg.tar.gz from ftp.gigabit.nu: 550 Failed to open file.


error: could not cwd to /pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686/: 550 Failed to change directory.

warning: failed to get filesize for cups-1.2.9-1.pkg.tar.gz

failed downloading cups-1.2.9-1.pkg.tar.gz from ftp.archlinux.org: 550 Failed to open file.

slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: Can't install cups, mirror problems?

i'm having upgrade problems, too. i tried every server in the pacman files and it only gets a few Kb at a time before stalling out. the mirrors must be syncing, would be my guess. i think it might be related to what one of the devs (i think it was) mentioned a few days ago about people setting up mirrors for local networks who don't really need to and hogging all the resources.

>> just tried some of the european mirrors, they seem to be working a little better. it must be some greedy "me me me" americans taking up all the server bandwidth for their 2 PC networks. 

Last edited by slackhack (2007-03-24 00:31:16)

akejo

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Registered: 2007-03-21

Posts: 98

Re: Can't install cups, mirror problems?

thanks, I'll wait a few days then try again

akejo

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Registered: 2007-03-21

Posts: 98

Re: Can't install cups, mirror problems?

When I connect manually to ftp.gigabit.nu I find myself in / and the dist directory seems to be /current/os/i686 but while using pacman it tries to use /pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686/

Seems there's something changed or a link is missing...

I suppose I can download the package itself manually and install with 'pacman -U' ..

Worked as far as I can see.

I downloaded cups/libcups 1.2.10-1, installed with pacman -U(including dependencies) and daemon is now running. Time to see if I can actually make a printer work

Last edited by akejo (2007-03-24 13:16:46)