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Ubuntu - tar.gz download error because website changed their address

I am trying to compile dependencies of a C++ framework called FW4SPL with cmake in the terminal. By typing in the command make -j4, it will automatically download, build and install each dependency.

But there is an error during the compilation.

-- Retrying...
-- Using src='http://www.tetgen.org/1.5/src/tetgen1.5.0.tar.gz'
-- Retry after 5 seconds (attempt #2) ...
-- Using src='http://www.tetgen.org/1.5/src/tetgen1.5.0.tar.gz'

I think the reason is because the link at http://www.tetgen.org/1.5/src/tetgen1.5.0.tar.gz does not exist anymore and the company tetgen changed their website address to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/tetgen_1.5.0.orig.tar.gz.

I could manually open this tar.gz file but the problem is that I wouldn't know which directory this should be opened in because the make -j4 command should do it automatically for me. The directory in which this tar.gz file should exist could be anywhere!

Any help would be appreciated.

Solution

  • Open the CMakeLists.txt file in the tetgen folder which is inside the source folder.

    Change the line above into the one below and save and close the file.

    set(CACHED_URL http://www.tetgen.org/1.5/src/tetgen1.5.0.tar.gz)
set(CACHED_URL https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/tetgen_1.5.0.orig.tar.gz)

    Type in the command make -j4.