gx --verbose install --global takes forever to run

[zjiekai]

Hi, I'm trying to get started on the unit test issue (libp2p/go-libp2p#83)

• gx version 0.8.0
• go version go1.6 linux/amd64
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS \n \l

gx --verbose install --global in the Makefile does not finish.

I can see there is a QmZ4Qi3GaRbjcx28Sme5eMH7RQjGkt8wHxt2a65oLaeFEV.part folder in ~/dev/gopath/src/gx/ipfs which contains 129 directories, 412 files.

I tried delete the ...part folder but gx still does not finish.

gopath/src/github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p$ gx --verbose install --global
installing package: go-libp2p-3.3.7
[1 / 34] fetched dep: go-libp2p-peerstore
[2 / 34] fetched dep: go-semver
[3 / 34] fetched dep: randbo
[4 / 34] fetched dep: go-multiaddr
[5 / 34] fetched dep: go-libp2p-loggables
[6 / 34] fetched dep: go-peerstream
[7 / 34] fetched dep: go-multihash
[8 / 34] fetched dep: multiaddr-filter
[9 / 34] fetched dep: go-reuseport
[10 / 34] fetched dep: go-multistream
[11 / 34] fetched dep: go-nat
[12 / 34] fetched dep: go-crypto
  - QmZ4Qi3GaRbjcx28Sme5eMH7RQjGkt8wHxt2a65oLaeFEV not found locally, fetching into /home/zjk/dev/gopath/src/gx/ipfs/QmZ4Qi3GaRbjcx28Sme5eMH7RQjGkt8wHxt2a65oLaeFEV
  - fetching QmZ4Qi3GaRbjcx28Sme5eMH7RQjGkt8wHxt2a65oLaeFEV via ipfs api
[13 / 34] fetched dep: goprocess
[14 / 34] fetched dep: gorocheck
[15 / 34] fetched dep: go-msgio
[16 / 34] fetched dep: go-notifier
[17 / 34] fetched dep: go-libp2p-secio
[18 / 34] fetched dep: go-base58
[19 / 34] fetched dep: go-smux-spdystream
[20 / 34] fetched dep: go-temp-err-catcher
[21 / 34] fetched dep: go-detect-race
[22 / 34] fetched dep: mafmt
[23 / 34] fetched dep: go-libp2p-transport
[24 / 34] fetched dep: go-keyspace
[25 / 34] fetched dep: go-metrics
[26 / 34] fetched dep: mdns
[27 / 34] fetched dep: go-stream-muxer
[28 / 34] fetched dep: go-ipfs-util
[29 / 34] fetched dep: go-log
[30 / 34] fetched dep: go-smux-yamux
[31 / 34] fetched dep: go-smux-multistream
[32 / 34] fetched dep: go-net
[33 / 34] fetched dep: go-multiaddr-net

I'm wondering if it's a network issue. But I'm not sure if I can use a http proxy with gx.

[zjiekai]

After a while (back at my desktop), it seems finished. Not sure if it's still a issue or it's my slow network

[whyrusleeping]

@zjiekai the package it looks like you were 'hung' on is rather large, if you have a slow internet connection, it would maybe appear to be hung. Are you running this with a local ipfs daemon? If so, on a slower internet connection you might have better luck running the gx install without a daemon running. Ipfs running during a gx install will add an overhead of outgoing traffic that will slow down the transfer over limited connections.