[yt-users] yt installation sans wget

[Elizabeth Tasker]

Hi Luigi,

That does sound like a good solution. I gave it a quick go myself, but still hit some difficulties. I'd love the details if you wouldn't mind sharing.

Elizabeth


On 2011-07-15, at 9:28 PM, Luigi Iapichino wrote:

> Hi Elisabeth,
> 
> I had the same problem, namely I have yt on a machine that does not allow 
> Internet access, outside a number of allowed IPs. My solution was to mount 
> the yt directory remotely on my local (and allowed) PC using sshfs. 
> Afterwards I run the install_script, using alternatively my PC for 
> downloading the needed libraries, and the other machine for compiling. The 
> install_script is not exactly thought for this use, but with some effort and 
> patience it worked; even more important, now I can update my installation 
> with bugfixes and additions, whenever they are available (it's also a bit 
> lengthy, but it works).
> 
> If you like this solution, I can provide you the details.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>  Luigi 
> 
> On Friday 15 July 2011, Elizabeth Tasker wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm trying to install yt on the xt4 machine in Tokyo, which obnoxiously
>> refuses to let you use wget.
>> 
>> I scp-ed a copy from my desktop to the xt4 and then told the
>> install_script.sh where to find yt so it didn't try and download the
>> packages. I also removed 'done' from each of the packages in src.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, I get:
>> 
>> gcc -fPIC -fPIC -o bzip2. bzip2.o -L. -lbz2
>> bzip2.o file not recognized: File format not recognized
>> 
>> xt4 does use modules for loading packages, but I don't know if I'm lacking
>> a module or if my self-cleaning is flawed.
>> 
>> Elizabeth
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