Crouton: Problem with debootstrap download in crouton... apparently again.

[Knightlycat]

I am having quite the problem with downloading kali linux using the command
sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -r kali-rolling -t xfce

I know there is a problem during setup, so i will remove some specific file and it will work.
but for whatever reason, it does not get the debootstrap that it needs, and i have tried
sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -t lxde
and even getting lxde and it just doesn't work.

[cericdahl]

Same problem for xenial, I think. First-time crouton user, attempting:

sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -e -t xfce,xiwi,xorg,touch

and see

"curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
Failed to download debootstrap."

[Knightlycat]

yea. nothing i have tried has worked. ive tried..
clearing crouton cache
forgetting Wifi
powerwashing
restarting
selecting a different target
choosing a different Wifi
constant up-arrow-and-enter command entering
looking at the other errors with the same problem

nothing works.
not only all of that, but it doesn't show me where it gets all of it's files FROM. no URL, just a debootstrap error that leaves me confused.
Ive even tried to download a manual debootstrap, didn't work, though. I got the URL from somewhere, though i dont remember quite where.

I think they switched something OFF.

[kapilhp]

The debootstrap required is being downloaded from anonscm.debian.org which is now permanently down as per this link

[winterfell125]

Is there any way around this issue I'm also running into the same problem.

[zsouthpaw]

Thats good to know @kapilhp
Any ideas on how to fix it?

[Knightlycat]

wait, what? permenantly down? how am i supposed to get through?! there isn't a real reason to move it, is there?

[zsouthpaw]

Since both the URL and the backup are down, but there is now a new 3rd location to get it from, I think we are stuck until the code is updated.

[Knightlycat]

ok, but i am still leaving this open until they finish the coding.

[V3rmeer]

how long till the code is updated?

[Knightlycat]

i believe.. they might keep it open for hours or days, i dont really know how i came to the conclusion.
they could be done in minutes.

[dnschneid]

Sorry about that; please give the latest crouton a try.

[Knightlycat]

Alright, i have, and for some reason it cant open the debootstrap.
It also said something about installing wget to download packages

im going to try everything i have done before again just to be sure it was not me.

It says tail: cannot open '/tmp/crouton.kbW/kali-rolling-amd64/debootstrap/debootstrap.log' for reading: No such file or directory
is there a way to manually get this file?

[DennisLfromGA]

All,

A fix had been merged now that seems to address the problem.
You can do a quick test with something like the following: crouton -r xenial -d -f xenial.bs

If that completes successfully then you can use the '.bs' bootstrap file to install your new chroot with something like this: sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -n xenial -f xenial.bs -t ....

-DennisLfromGA