Couldn't download db-4.1.25.tar.gz. Aborting.

tricky1 · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 2

I am running emerge system and this error keeps coming up, here is the full output.

Sven Vermeulen · Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:

Try using different mirrors. Run

tricky1 · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 2

thanks, I got it by downloading it from sleepycat.com and putting it up on my webspace and adding that as a source.

jbburks · n00b Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 5

> I am running emerge system and this error keeps coming up, here is the full output.

andersbk · n00b Joined: 16 Aug 2003 Posts: 35

This has nothing to do with mirrors. Many many gentoo ebuilds have hard coded "addresses" for downloading source.

Apparently "sleepycat" has changed where they put their source, and the ebuild maintainer has not updated the ebuilds. Even after an emerge sync this morning the ebuild has the wrong address. So, after visiting the sleepycat website, and finding the download links, I've "hacked" my ebuild as follows:

First, become root on your machine:

perfectirony · n00b Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Houston, Texas

I ran into these same problems when I was doing a stage 1 install of Gentoo. My resolution was finally to delete the mirrors line in my config file. I also tried to choose different mirrors and continued to receive errors, but after I deleted the mirrors line it worked just fine. After doing the install however, I think I would recommend adding the mirrors back into the config file b/c I think it will help to find mirrors closer to you for faster downloads. Plus, I think without the mirrors line in the file it downloads from Gentoo or somewhere similiar and thats taking up some valuable bandwidth...but I could be wrong! lol

PS -- I am *VERY* new to Gentoo and pretty new to Linux, but I have to say after trying different distros previously, Gentoo is definitely the best I've ever used!

AllenB · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:48 am Post subject:

Remove the mirrors from your make.conf and don't run mirror select. The installer will use the default mirrors and download the file you are hanging up on.

MrGutis · n00b Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 56

If You still need this file You can get it manually here:
http://62.3.120.141/MrGutis/ <-- Thanks to NeddySeagoon who solved this for me. I just don't know how long NeddySeagoon will keep it open. Then add that file to /usr/portage/distfiles and rerun emerge system. That worked for me

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cubancigar11 · Guru Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 340

Why, but google should fetch you result! http://www.google.co.in/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=db-4.1.25.tar.gz+index+of

pauldv · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject:

I've just corrected the db ebuilds so that they download from the new locations. Of course the mirrors should still work normally even if the master source location is broken.
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