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

Question

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.

Senyokbalgul, grep for the url "tetgen.org" in your source dir and correct the url in the CMake config file or where it is written. — osgx, Mar 14 '17 at 06:24
@Senyokbalgul, now it is **you** who must post full & detailed answer to this question to help others to fix this error. (As we have no detailed info on the fix - no filenames, no method of searching the problem, no quotes from original and fixes makefiles.) — osgx, Mar 14 '17 at 06:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '17 at 06:55

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.

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

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