install error (uri)

souteneur3190 · n00b Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 15

i am currently typing this on the livecd install (so yes i have the internet, i just wanted gui) but as soon as i start instlaling i get this error:

GLI: June 30 2006 01:50:05 - Fetching and unpacking tarball:
GLI: June 30 2006 01:50:06 - Exception received during 'Unpack stage tarball': GLIUtilityError :FATAL: get_uri: File does not exist or URI is invalid!
GLI: June 30 2006 01:50:06 - Traceback (most recent call last):
GLI: June 30 2006 01:50:06 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", line 165, in run
self._install_steps[self._install_step]['function']()
GLI: June 30 2006 01:50:06 - File "/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 306, in unpack_stage_tarball
GLIUtility.fetch_and_unpack_tarball(self._install_profile.get_stage_tarball_uri(), self._chroot_dir, temp_directory=self._chroot_dir, keep_permissions=True, cc=self._cc)
GLI: June 30 2006 01:50:06 - File "/opt/installer/GLIUtility.py", line 557, in fetch_and_unpack_tarball
if not get_uri(tarball_uri, temp_directory + "/" + tarball_filename, cc):
GLI: June 30 2006 01:50:06 - File "/opt/installer/GLIUtility.py", line 478, in get_uri
raise GLIException("GLIUtilityError", 'fatal', 'get_uri', "File does not exist or URI is invalid!")
GLI: June 30 2006 01:50:06 - GLIException: GLIUtilityError :FATAL: get_uri: File does not exist or URI is invalid!

can someone point me in the right dircetion?

Maleita · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:34 am Post subject:

and u not post the rest of menssage :oops:

fetch from where?????

cyblord · Guru Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 424

hey souteneur, welcome to the forum

I assume you're using the livecd with the graphical installation interface.

a really good way to learn and install gentoo is to actually do it yourself - that is, to install the system manually.

download and burn the minimal installation cd, and follow the gentoo handbook.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml

once you're finished, you can compile a graphical display manager and configure your graphics settings.

have fun!

Maleita · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:28 am Post subject:

i humildly ,desagree i learn install with dolphin (first installer),and now i install anyway.
:oops:

Kagemaru · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:49 am Post subject:

Sorry for being a thread necromancer, but this is exactly the problem I have too with the Installer, so I'd be happy to get a solving answer for this problem.

@cyblord: While I agree, that the manual install is a good way to learn (I did it myself), the live-cd is a quick way to get into Gentoo without much problems. So unless it's a no-no on this board to give Live-CD help, I can't really understand your post. It doesn't help to solve the problem at hand in any way.

glux · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 16

I had the same issue a few minutes ago when Installing from LiveCD2006.1 and resolved it by selecting those 2 option in Stage
1) GPR Install and/or 2) Dynamic.

Here is a useful screenshots of the installation process from agaffney's devspace, the 7th scree is the one for Stage.
http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney/gli/review.php

Hope this helps.