Install bootstrap:j2sdk-1_4_1-doc.zip not found? Halted?

cayenne · l33t Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 945 Location: New Orleans

Hello all!!

Not sure what happened here. Doing an install...during bootstrap.sh phase...it stopped with these messages:

emerge (17 of 86) dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.4.1 to /
!!! j2sdk-1_4_1-doc.zip not found in /usr/portage/distfiles

!!! def-java/java-sdk-docs-1.4.1 has fetch restriction turned on.
!!! This probably means that this ebuild's files must be downloaded
!! manually. See the comments in the ebuild for more information.

*Please download j2sdk-1_4_1-doc.zip from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html and move it to /usr/portage/distfiles

Hope no typos...doing this by hand.

What has happened here? I've never had bootstrap blow up with missing files before?? I've never messed with the portage directory yet...and not sure exactly what to do.

If I go to this site and get the file and place it in place....do I just run bootstrap.sh again? Will it start all over or do I somehow need to tell it to start where it left off?

I've never had an install...this is #3 mess up like this before...not sure what happened, nor what exactly to do...instructions don't cover this...
:-)

Any suggestions, tips or links greatly appreciated...nothing in the forums I've found so far like this...

cayenne

raid517 · l33t Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 946

remove docs support in make.conf -docs.

Q

cayenne · l33t Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 945 Location: New Orleans

wmgoree · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 1:01 am Post subject: j2sdkdoc

raid's suggestion works.

You can also take "doc" out of your "use" variable, most easily in the "use" line of /etc/make.conf (no doubt you know where that is, but lurkers may not).

Alternately, you can do what I did, and download the huge zip file (24 Megs if I recall) and put it in /usr/portage/distfiles (it's Sun's massive Java API/library documentation). If you do a lot of Java programming, it's well worth it.
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vi? *snicker* it doesn't even include a mail reader...

raid517 · l33t Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 946

Well if bootstrap fails... That kind of says it in a nutshell really... You don't always have to start the process over again. The install is broken into stages, so if one stage fails it is only that stage you need to redo... Not always fun and games admittedly, but it's something I guess. Just be sure once Gentoo is installed to ghost your drive immediately and at regular intervals thereafter, so you never have to go through this instal process again.

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cayenne · l33t Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 945 Location: New Orleans

<gotta add this...while tabbing up through history of commands..this was NOT during bootstrap.sh...was during emerge system!!!!!!!!! Does this change what your comments were...sorry..doing this over like 3 days as I have time...messed up on this point...>

8o

Just in case there is confusion...

This isn't my 3rd-4th install on the same box...totally diff. box...changing from wiping out old RedHat to Gentoo on this one...

Ok..one thing I thought of...after the step where I emerge sync...it said to possible do a emerge update of portage...at the end of the messages from emerge sync.

The documentation didn't say to update the portage...and I seem to remember you do that after the bootstrap anyway...would this have made a difference?

In the meantime...I'm going to -doc in the USE flag....and run bootstrap.sh again, and see what happens...

If I'm making a HUGE mistake...please write back to this quickly...
:-)

cayene

raid517 · l33t Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 946

Well firstly the docs do tell you to update portage. This is among one of the first things it tells you to do. Second I cannot tell what you are doing right or wrong, as what you are saying isn't very clear. I suspect this is because you are not reading the docs closely enough. Read them carefully and when you understand them fully come back and tell us exactly what parts you have problems with. Normally though, if you follow the docs there shouldn't be any. Sorry if that's not what you want to hear but it's true.

As for adding or removing options, you can do that at pretty much any point in the install. (Just so long as you don't have a process on going, eg, you are in the middle of compiling something). That is what Gentoo is about. Customisation. You are in control. Hopefully that is the reason you chose Gentoo in the first place. If not, there may be alternatives.

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cayenne · l33t Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 945 Location: New Orleans

raid517 · l33t Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 946

The docs don't just amount to one page, as I recall the old 1.4 RC4 docs (which was the last time I looked) had links to a discussion of portage. Just folow the links too and all will be revealed.

What you are confusing is updating the portage tree and emerge -u system are exactly the same thing. That is what this command does and means. That is certainly in the docs. That is why i wondered if you really were reading them very closely. Lapses in attention can prove to be a problem.I know this to my cost.

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cyrillic · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 12:42 am Post subject:

raid517 · l33t Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 946

Well as far as I'm aware emerge -u system brings your portage directory and your system fully up to date. emerge sync merely syncs your portage directory with what is available on the servers

I was merely pointing out that by this stage this guys system would have been fully in sync.

Or is there a problem with that?

Q.

PS

Anyway for me the struggle is over. I have gentoo installed (for something like the 20th time now) and fate willing, as soon as I get the chance and get X alsa and kde runnning, I intend to do a backup (and regular backups thereafter) so I never have to install gentoo again.

cyrillic · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 2:38 am Post subject:

Just so that n00bs reading this don't get too confused, I would like to define a few terms :

Updating the portage tree.
This populates the /usr/portage directory with the latest .ebuild files so that the emerge command will know what packages are available and how to build them.

dhunter383

Though it certainly will work to go to a -docs in your USE variables, if you want the docs, (as I did) you can also do what emerge suggested when it died - go to java.sun.com, download the 1.4.1 doc file and move it /usr/portage/distfiles. Once you've done this, you should be able to re-emerge, with no further problems on this issue.

Hope that helps,

Dylan

dhunter383 · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:37 pm Post subject: Whoops, forgot...

Sorry, forgot - you'll need to emerge lynx so that you can click "Accept" link after the legaleze.

Dylan

ClippyHater · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:42 pm Post subject:

Having the very same problem here. Put -java -jikes -docs in my make.conf, but emerge system still attempts to install the java docs.

And I can't emerge lynx, since it has the java docs as a dependency. Any ideas on how I can fix this?

ClippyHater · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:52 pm Post subject:

Silly me, I had -docs, not -doc. Doh!

Vortrex · n00b Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 1

dhunter383 · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:10 pm Post subject: D/L Java Docs

Hey Vortrex,

Once you've clicked "accept" at the bottom of the Java legalese, it should prompt you whether you want to D/L or not. A simple yes and you should find it in whatever directory you are in at the time - just mv it to /usr/portage/distfiles and all should be well.

As to the Java dependency for Lynx, presuming you want java on your box in the first place, leave java in your USE tags, and all should work fine.

Hope those help,

Dylan

enloop · n00b Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 16