Two ideas: 1. Create a file in your home directory called ~/.curlrc
and in it put the following line: -P - ftp 2. Use wget first, install wget with fink Then put the line DownloadMethod: wget into the file /sw/etc/fink.conf (or /sw64/etc/fink.conf ). I use wget. It seems to be more robust somehow. On Oct 14, 2010, at 2:20 AM, Mads Gabrielsen wrote: > I have a problem installing CCP4 on a MacOSX 10.6.4. > > When I follow the procedure on Bill Scott's web-pages to install the > precompiled version, I get an error message saying > > Err http://sage.ucsc.edu stable/main Packages > 403 Forbidden > > When trying to install it via the normal Fink way, I get > > curl (56) FTP response reading failed > ###execution of curl failed, exit code 56 > Downloading the file "ccp4-6.1.13-core-src.tar.gz" failed. > > I think there is an issue with our firewall, but apart from setting the > http_proxy to what has been suggested by our IT services I don't really know > how to proceed. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > I know I can download the disk images from the ccp4 pages, but I would like > to understand what is going wrong. > > > Cheers, > > Mads
