Hi,

Tried to install tsung via cean on linux. This is the error what I get:

Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.5.5 [source] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

Eshell V5.5.5 (abort with ^G)
1> cean:search(tsung).
[{"tsung","A high-performance benchmark tool"}]
2> cean:install(tsung).
+ xmerl md5=<<27,19,141,21,10,85,187,137,41,79,244,222,231,1,219,195>>
+ ssl md5=<<66,226,229,92,19,116,181,27,210,163,85,111,93,101,38,40>>
+ snmp md5=<<127,178,218,233,14,96,2,125,2,250,143,214,192,122,134,126>>
+ pgsql md5=<<59,147,179,205,142,5,245,45,75,66,104,101,95,163,160,115>>
+ os_mon md5=<<189,72,92,182,36,218,73,57,18,4,208,124,153,78,73,246>>
+ inets md5=<<4,29,18,8,246,31,200,120,67,29,96,104,25,182,63,13>>
error: gregexp not found in download
tsung was not installed. failed to install all dependencies.
ok
3> cean:search(gregexp).
[]
4> cean:version().
“CEAN Erlang/OTP R11B-5 erts-5.5.5 linux-x86 devel”

From where I can download gregexp?

Thanks,
Csaba

The same error installing on Windows XP also:

Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.5.5 [async-threads:0]

Eshell V5.5.5 (abort with ^G)
1> cean:install(tsung).
+ xmerl md5=<<86,83,200,161,155,226,148,79,162,148,91,59,127,17,228,218>>
+ ssl md5=<<96,134,187,137,44,169,61,143,9,249,96,97,170,177,219,195>>
+ snmp md5=<<37,65,133,147,218,119,238,7,55,34,37,215,160,14,84,156>>
+ pgsql md5=<<81,164,106,205,58,135,81,168,112,180,209,20,92,133,249,214>>
+ os_mon md5=<<157,197,152,33,89,116,44,130,115,78,46,121,189,57,70,198>>
+ inets md5=<<184,149,222,154,41,124,19,215,14,116,38,120,176,202,63,241>>
error: gregexp not found in download
tsung was not installed. failed to install all dependencies.
ok
2>

tsung package has wrong dependencies.
tsung package is broken anyway and is being worked on.

BUMP!  It’s been almost three months and I still don’t think this has been fixed.

tsung is really not ready to support windows.
moreover, tsung is hard to package cause it also depends on external dependencies such as perl and gnuplot.
i will only make tsung work for linux in a first time.

Thanks for the prompt reply, Christophe.  Sorry for the confusion, I was referring to cean:install(tsung). on Linux (the first post in this thread).  I got the same error message.  Though, I am glad to know that Tsung isn’t ready for Windows because I am sure I would have gone there eventually.

I am very new to Erlang.  Is CEAN something I should use to install Erlang packages or should I use my distro’s package management system and create my own packages for them?

Thanks

yes, i was talking about cean:install(tsung) as well about 90% of cean packages works by now. but tsung remains in a bad stage. it’s all about spare time i don’t have.

yes, you should use cean as package handling is pretty cool and easy. you can use it to install erlang and about 200 erlang contribs. but some packages are still broken (like tsung).
matrix here: http://cean.process-one.net/matrix/
yes tsung is not flagged as broken, but it’s a mistake.

you can also compile tsung using an installed cean developer archive.

if you prefer to use your distro packet manager you have first to be root, then you install all erlang otp (~30M).
if you only want to run yaws server for example, best is to use cean: cean:install(yaws) and it’s up in about 5M.

if you prefer to install your distro packager erlang, you can also use cean on it !
(see FAQ: 6 How do I install CEAN into an existing erlang installation?)

Good info.  Thanks a lot Christophe!