# Installing error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-error/211145>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [August 26, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-error/211145 "2011-08-26T18:58:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-error/211145/1 "2011-08-26T18:58:14Z")

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hi,

i’m now getting the following download error when trying to install  
gnuradio + uhd from the git repository (build-gnuradio):

Done  
Fetching Gnu Radio via GIT…Done  
Fetching UHD via GIT…Done  
Building UHD…Done building/installing UHD  
Fetching and installing FPGA/Firmware images via wget…  
Could not find appropriate file to download  
Perhaps the “downloads” directory structure at [ettus.com](http://ettus.com) has changed or  
is currently invalid

could somebody please help or explain?  
thanks in advance,

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**Author:** ![w\_barnes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@w\_barnes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/w_barnes)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-error/211145/2 "2011-08-26T19:00:43Z")

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On 08/26/2011 09:57 AM, Walter B. wrote:

> Could not find appropriate file to download  
> Perhaps the “downloads” directory structure at [ettus.com](http://ettus.com) has changed or  
> is currently invalid

You can download the images here, as always:  
[http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki](http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki)

The file server did change, but I added redirects so all the old links  
should still work.

-josh

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**Author:** ![w\_barnes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@w\_barnes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/w_barnes)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-error/211145/3 "2011-08-26T19:04:25Z")

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hi Josh,

thanks very much for your answer. i don’t understand, if you added  
redirects, why is my install not working? i got it from  
[www.sbrac.org/files/build-gnuradio](http://www.sbrac.org/files/build-gnuradio)

thanks in advance,

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**Author:** ![w\_barnes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@w\_barnes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/w_barnes)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-error/211145/4 "2011-08-26T22:49:07Z")

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On 26/08/11 04:06 PM, Walter B. wrote:

> Checking for package autoconf  
> Checking for package libsdl1.2-dev  
> Checking for package doxygen  
> Checking for package libxi-dev  
> “cursor here”
> 
> and that’s it. could you please help?  
> thanks in advance,

Walter:

The next thing the script does is do an apt-get install of A WHOLE PILE  
OF PREREQUISITES. This can  
take some significant time over a slow internet link.

–  
Principal Investigator  
Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium

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**Author:** ![w\_barnes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@w\_barnes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/w_barnes)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-error/211145/5 "2011-08-26T22:08:23Z")

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hi Josh,

do you know why when i’m trying to install build-gnuradio, it keeps  
hanging at:  
Installing pre-prequisites…Checking for package libfontconfig1-dev  
Checking for package libxrender-dev  
Checking for package libpulse-dev  
Checking for package swig  
Checking for package g++  
Checking for package automake  
Checking for package autoconf  
Checking for package libtool  
Checking for package python-dev  
Checking for package libfftw3-dev  
Checking for package libcppunit-dev  
Checking for package libboost-all-dev  
Checking for package libusb-dev  
Checking for package libusb-1.0-0-dev  
Checking for package fort77  
Checking for package sdcc  
Checking for package sdcc-libraries  
Checking for package libsdl1.2-dev  
Checking for package python-wxgtk2.8  
Checking for package git-core  
Checking for package guile-1.8-dev  
Checking for package libqt4-dev  
Checking for package python-numpy  
Checking for package ccache  
Checking for package python-opengl  
Checking for package libgsl0-dev  
Checking for package python-cheetah  
Checking for package python-lxml  
Checking for package doxygen  
Checking for package qt4-dev-tools  
Checking for package libusb-1.0-0-dev  
Checking for package libqwt5-qt4-dev  
Checking for package libqwtplot3d-qt4-dev  
Checking for package pyqt4-dev-tools  
Checking for package python-qwt5-qt4  
Checking for package cmake  
Checking for package git-core  
Checking for package wget  
Checking for package sdcc  
Checking for package libxi-dev  
“cursor here”

and that’s it. could you please help?  
thanks in advance,
