[gentoo-user] Re: First Portage Hick-up, Chokes on Java

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On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 02:08:16 +0000 (Local time zone must be set--see zic
manual page) "boslists@×××××.com" <boslists@×××××.com> wrote:

> My first install of Gentoo, and I'm pleased by how far I've
> progressed on my own, not being a programmer or computer person, but
> I'm a bit wary of proceeding further without advice.
>
> I was trying to emerge some several files which had a dependency on
> java-sdk-docs.  Below is the message from emerge.  More information
> will follow.
>
> !!! dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1 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 jdk-6-doc.zip from
>   *
> https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=jdk-6-doc-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer
>   * (select English and agree to the licence) and place it in
> /usr/portage/distfiles named as
>   * jdk-6-doc-r1.zip. Notice the r1. Because Sun changes the doc zip
> file
>   * without changing the filename, we have to resort to renaming to
> keep
>   * the md5sum verification working for existing and new downloads.
>   *
>   * If emerge fails because of a md5sum error it is possible that Sun
>   * has again changed the upstream release, try downloading the file
>   * again or a newer revision if available. Otherwise report this to
>   * http://bugs.gentoo.org/67266 and we will make a new revision.
>   * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1'
>
>   * Messages for package dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1:
>
>   * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1
>
> So, I downloaded the file, renamed it and put it where it told me to.

After that, you should be able to emerge the package.

> Then I found
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds and I am
> trying to follow that.

You didn't need this.  It's for third-party e-builds, but you aren't
using a third party e-build.  The zip file came from Sun, but the
ebuild is in the Gentoo portage tree.

Ebuilds are just scripts which portage uses to build the packages.  In
this case, the ebuild isn't allowed to download the files it needs
automagically, but it's still a Gentoo ebuild, not a third-party one.

I've snipped the rest of what you wrote about overlays, &c., but it
didn't look like anything was wrong, just unnecessary for what you want
to do.  For more info about overlays, see
<http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml>.

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