[Nix-dev] Re: nix-pull failed

[Eelco Visser]

Ok. Installing curl helps. Next problem I encountered was that

  /nix/store

did not exist (and I didn't have the right permissions for it). This
might be rather confusing for people not familiar with Nix.

-- Eelco

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Eelco Visser <E.Visser at tudelft.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to build a VirtualBox image for running a hands-on tutorial
> about Stratego/XT.
>
> I've installed nix-0.13pre15214 Nix via the Ubuntu package (good that
> there are debian installs).
>
> Next, I'm trying to install the Stratego/XT packages from
> releases.strategoxt.org, but there
> I get stuck. Taking the one-click install from
>
> http://releases.strategoxt.org/strategoxt/strategoxt-0.17pre19210-3wyrxd7y/
>
> I get:
>
> --------------------------
> Do you want to install `strategoxt-0.17pre19210' (Y/N)? y
>
> Pulling manifests...
> sh: /usr/bin/curl: not found
> obtaining list of Nix archives at
> `http://releases.strategoxt.org/strategoxt/strategoxt-0.17pre19210-3wyrxd7y/MANIFEST'...
> /usr/bin/nix-prefetch-url: line 63: /usr/bin/curl: No such file or directory
> cannot fetch `http://releases.strategoxt.org/strategoxt/strategoxt-0.17pre19210-3wyrxd7y/MANIFEST'
> at /usr/bin/nix-pull line 33.
> nix-pull failed: 256
> ----------------------------
>
> Now that I'm writing this email I see that /usr/bin/curl is missing.
> I'll install that and try again. Shouldn't this be part of the
> dependencies of the debian installation package of Nix?
>
> -- Eelco
> http://eelcovisser.org
>



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