RE: pkg install -forge seems broken

[Allen.Windhorn]

Philip,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:help-octave-
> 
> Allen.Windhorn-2 wrote
> > I'm trying to install a package from Octave-forge and I get the
> > following message:
> >
> > octave:8> pkg install -forge java # Doesn't matter what package
> > error: get_forge_pkg: could not read URL, please verify internet
> > connection ...
> 
> Well, first the usual suggestions:
> 
> Firewall issues?   (e.g., I have ZoneAlarm running, which by default
> blocks outgoing traffic from "new"/"unknown" applications until
> approved by the user)

Thanks for the suggestions.  AFAIK, no firewall on the machine.  The
Emerson network is enormous and murky, so possibly a problem there,
but it worked fine last time I tried it.

> Proxy settings?

Unknown and impenetrable.  I haven't heard of any major changes lately.
We don't have a whitelist for outgoing traffic.

> Try to ping the OF site in a cmd window:

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E:\users\windhoal>ping octave.sf.net

Pinging octave.sf.net [216.34.181.96] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.34.181.96: bytes=32 time=99ms TTL=239
Reply from 216.34.181.96: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=239
Reply from 216.34.181.96: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=239
Reply from 216.34.181.96: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=239

Ping statistics for 216.34.181.96:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 99ms, Average = 48ms
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I could try accessing other servers with sockets, but that's a bit
outside my area of expertise.

Regards,
Allen