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miniconda installation: could not resolve host #84

Closed HMcBain closed 5 years ago

HMcBain commented 5 years ago

Hi, when I tried to install miniconda on my mac according to section 8.6 of the manual, I don't see the license agreement, but instead get the following: curl: (6) Could not resolve host: bash curl: (6) Could not resolve host: Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh

please advise. Thanks

ialbert commented 5 years ago

you need to show the command that you are typing, and the full error

from the description, it sounds like you are running it differently,

HMcBain commented 5 years ago

Hi, Thanks for your reply. Here is the whole text, done on anew terminal: curl -OL https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:05 --:--:-- 0 100 71.7M 100 71.7M 0 0 3330k 0 0:00:22 0:00:22 --:--:-- 4672k curl: (6) Could not resolve host: bash curl: (6) Could not resolve host: Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh

In case it has any relevance, I earlier had to repeat the libraries installation in section 122.4 because I mistyped hdf5 bison as hdf5bison, but it worked when I went back and retyped. correctly. Thanks for your help!

ialbert commented 5 years ago

you have two put two separate commands one a single line, the first command is

curl -OL https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh

once that completes run the second command

bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh

HMcBain commented 5 years ago

Thanks- sorry, I'm new to all this. The first command worked: curl -OL https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 71.7M 100 71.7M 0 0 4117k 0 0:00:17 0:00:17 --:--:-- 5327k

-so I then entered the second line, but got the following: bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh bash: Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh: No such file or directory

ialbert commented 5 years ago

Actually, I copied your commands and did notice how you have another mistake there.

You are downloading the Linux, version of Miniconda but you end up invoking the other version the (Mac version). Stick to the one that matches your operating system.

Go back to the commands in the book, and copy them over one at a time.

HMcBain commented 5 years ago

Hi, Thanks for the picking up this error. Looks like a typo, as I copied it directly from the book pdf, so I rechecked where I copied it from just now- it has the following:

Open a Terminal then on MacOS execute: curl -OL https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh

I am using MacOSX, so presumably I just substitute that for Linux in the top line. Thanks again for your help

ialbert commented 5 years ago

Apologies for that, that typo has been long fixed on the web as seen here:

https://www.biostarhandbook.com/computer-setup.html

In general, when using the book to copy commands we recommend using the website for two reasons,

  1. the website has all the fixes to all typos and corrections
  2. when you copy-paste commands from the PDF the new lines can get messed up, whereas the website should work properly
HMcBain commented 5 years ago

Thanks- I will stick to the website in future.

BTW, very impressed with the level of support you provide. For a relative novice working alone, it makes all the difference.