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Mr. Majestic Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Nov 07 Posts: 4752 Credit: 258,845 RAC: 0	Message 791282 - Posted: 2 Aug 2008, 7:22:11 UTC
I ran a command in an attempt to update the BOINC client on my Ubuntu box, I found out later that this doesn't work to get version 6. This is what I get: bones@bones-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done boinc-client is already the newest version. boinc-manager is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: classpath-gtkpeer classpath-common cacao libgcj-common classpath Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up sun-java6-doc (6-06-0ubuntu1) ... This package is an installer package, it does not actually contain the JDK documentation. You will need to go download one of the archives: jdk-6-doc.zip jdk-6-doc-ja.zip (choose the non-update version if this is the first installation). Please visit http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ now and download. The file should be owned by root.root and be copied to /tmp. [Press RETURN to try again, 'no' + RETURN to abort] I suspect this is from the failed update on the JDK that ran earlier. I type in "no" and hit enter, which fixes it for a moment.... but if I run anther command it pops up the same thing. How do I fix this? ____________
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KSMarksPsych Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Sep 99 Posts: 411 Credit: 3,847 RAC: 0	Message 791304 - Posted: 2 Aug 2008, 9:02:31 UTC
Until the package maintainers get the new version 6 of BOINC into the repositories, you are stuck with what you have. I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know how long they usually take or if it's possibly in a development version of the distro. This is why I prefer to install BOINC manually. It's not that hard, but it does take some basic CLI skills. There are guides out there with a few different ways to do it, and the good ones walk you through it. ____________ Kathryn :o) The BOINC FAQ Service The Unofficial BOINC Wiki The Trac System More BOINC information than you can shake a stick of RAM at.
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Mr. Majestic Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Nov 07 Posts: 4752 Credit: 258,845 RAC: 0	Message 791498 - Posted: 2 Aug 2008, 18:25:54 UTC - in response to Message 791304.
Until the package maintainers get the new version 6 of BOINC into the repositories, you are stuck with what you have. I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know how long they usually take or if it's possibly in a development version of the distro. This is why I prefer to install BOINC manually. It's not that hard, but it does take some basic CLI skills. There are guides out there with a few different ways to do it, and the good ones walk you through it. Thanks, but I was referring how to cancel the failed JDK download. It keeps popping up the errors from it when ever I run a command. ____________
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Fred J. Verster Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 04 Posts: 3232 Credit: 31,585,541 RAC: 1	Message 796233 - Posted: 11 Aug 2008, 9:19:36 UTC - in response to Message 791498.
Until the package maintainers get the new version 6 of BOINC into the repositories, you are stuck with what you have. I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know how long they usually take or if it's possibly in a development version of the distro. This is why I prefer to install BOINC manually. It's not that hard, but it does take some basic CLI skills. There are guides out there with a few different ways to do it, and the good ones walk you through it. Thanks, but I was referring how to cancel the failed JDK download. It keeps popping up the errors from it when ever I run a command. Hi Mr. Majestic, why not UPGRADE your UBUNTU distro to the latest stable one. F.i. 8.04. I don't know whatversion/distro, you're using rightnow. Also started with UBUNTU 7.10 and did an UPgrade inmediatly to 8.04. Used the sudo command to install BOINC, you'll get 5.10.45, by default. I'll look whatever java version I have installed and let you know. Also a newbie, so don't know very much about this 'new' O.S.. ____________ Knight Who Says Ni N!, OUT numbered.................
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Mr. Majestic Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Nov 07 Posts: 4752 Credit: 258,845 RAC: 0	Message 800952 - Posted: 22 Aug 2008, 21:00:12 UTC - in response to Message 796233.
Until the package maintainers get the new version 6 of BOINC into the repositories, you are stuck with what you have. I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know how long they usually take or if it's possibly in a development version of the distro. This is why I prefer to install BOINC manually. It's not that hard, but it does take some basic CLI skills. There are guides out there with a few different ways to do it, and the good ones walk you through it. Thanks, but I was referring how to cancel the failed JDK download. It keeps popping up the errors from it when ever I run a command. Hi Mr. Majestic, why not UPGRADE your UBUNTU distro to the latest stable one. F.i. 8.04. I don't know whatversion/distro, you're using rightnow. Also started with UBUNTU 7.10 and did an UPgrade inmediatly to 8.04. Used the sudo command to install BOINC, you'll get 5.10.45, by default. I'll look whatever java version I have installed and let you know. Also a newbie, so don't know very much about this 'new' O.S.. At the time I wrote this I was using Ubuntu 8.0.4. What I was trying to do is update BOINC ;) I no longer use Ubuntu..... Mandriva is my favourite distro..... so this isn't a problem anymore. ____________
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I ran a command in an attempt to update the BOINC client on my Ubuntu box, I found out later that this doesn't work to get version 6. This is what I get:

bones@bones-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
boinc-client is already the newest version.
boinc-manager is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
classpath-gtkpeer classpath-common cacao libgcj-common classpath
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up sun-java6-doc (6-06-0ubuntu1) ...
This package is an installer package, it does not actually contain the
JDK documentation. You will need to go download one of the
archives:

jdk-6-doc.zip jdk-6-doc-ja.zip

(choose the non-update version if this is the first installation).
Please visit

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/

now and download. The file should be owned by root.root and be copied
to /tmp.

[Press RETURN to try again, 'no' + RETURN to abort]

I suspect this is from the failed update on the JDK that ran earlier. I type in "no" and hit enter, which fixes it for a moment.... but if I run anther command it pops up the same thing. How do I fix this?
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Until the package maintainers get the new version 6 of BOINC into the repositories, you are stuck with what you have. I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know how long they usually take or if it's possibly in a development version of the distro.

This is why I prefer to install BOINC manually. It's not that hard, but it does take some basic CLI skills. There are guides out there with a few different ways to do it, and the good ones walk you through it.
____________
Kathryn :o)
The BOINC FAQ Service
The Unofficial BOINC Wiki
The Trac System
More BOINC information than you can shake a stick of RAM at.

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Until the package maintainers get the new version 6 of BOINC into the repositories, you are stuck with what you have. I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know how long they usually take or if it's possibly in a development version of the distro.

This is why I prefer to install BOINC manually. It's not that hard, but it does take some basic CLI skills. There are guides out there with a few different ways to do it, and the good ones walk you through it.

Thanks, but I was referring how to cancel the failed JDK download. It keeps popping up the errors from it when ever I run a command.
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Until the package maintainers get the new version 6 of BOINC into the repositories, you are stuck with what you have. I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know how long they usually take or if it's possibly in a development version of the distro.

This is why I prefer to install BOINC manually. It's not that hard, but it does take some basic CLI skills. There are guides out there with a few different ways to do it, and the good ones walk you through it.

Thanks, but I was referring how to cancel the failed JDK download. It keeps popping up the errors from it when ever I run a command.

Hi Mr. Majestic, why not UPGRADE your UBUNTU distro to the latest stable one.
F.i. 8.04.
I don't know whatversion/distro, you're using rightnow.
Also started with UBUNTU 7.10 and did an UPgrade inmediatly to 8.04.
Used the sudo command to install BOINC, you'll get 5.10.45, by default.
I'll look whatever java version I have installed and let you know.
Also a newbie, so don't know very much about this 'new' O.S..

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Knight Who Says Ni N!, OUT numbered.................

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Until the package maintainers get the new version 6 of BOINC into the repositories, you are stuck with what you have. I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know how long they usually take or if it's possibly in a development version of the distro.

This is why I prefer to install BOINC manually. It's not that hard, but it does take some basic CLI skills. There are guides out there with a few different ways to do it, and the good ones walk you through it.

Thanks, but I was referring how to cancel the failed JDK download. It keeps popping up the errors from it when ever I run a command.

Hi Mr. Majestic, why not UPGRADE your UBUNTU distro to the latest stable one.
F.i. 8.04.
I don't know whatversion/distro, you're using rightnow.
Also started with UBUNTU 7.10 and did an UPgrade inmediatly to 8.04.
Used the sudo command to install BOINC, you'll get 5.10.45, by default.
I'll look whatever java version I have installed and let you know.
Also a newbie, so don't know very much about this 'new' O.S..

At the time I wrote this I was using Ubuntu 8.0.4. What I was trying to do is update BOINC ;) I no longer use Ubuntu..... Mandriva is my favourite distro..... so this isn't a problem anymore.
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