Re: zef update error

> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <perl6- 
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     On 12/16/25 6:09 PM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
>      > raku -v
>      > Welcome to RakudoΓäó v2025.11.
>      > Implementing the Raku® Programming Language v6.d.
>      > Built on MoarVM version 2025.11.
>      >
>      > C:\NtUtil>zef install  Terminal::ANSIColor
>      > ===> Searching for: Terminal::ANSIColor
>      > ===> Fetching [FAIL]: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver<0.10>:auth<zef:lizmat>
>      > from https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/ <https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/>
>      > TERMINAL_ANSICOLOR/687697f93d36df28d99841af8121e28f032f87eb.tar.gz
>      > Aborting due to fetch failure:
>      > Terminal::ANSIColor:ver<0.10>:auth<zef:lizmat> (use --force-fetch to
>      > override)
>      >
>      > C:\NtUtil>zef install  Terminal::ANSIColor --force-fetch
>      > ===> Searching for: Terminal::ANSIColor
>      > ===> Fetching [FAIL]: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver<0.10>:auth<zef:lizmat>
>      > from https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/ <https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/>
>      > TERMINAL_ANSICOLOR/687697f93d36df28d99841af8121e28f032f87eb.tar.gz
>      > [Terminal::ANSIColor] Failed to fetch, but continuing with --
>     force-fetch
>      > Use of uninitialized value of type IO::Path in string context.
>      > Methods .^name, .raku, .gist, or .say can be used to stringify it to
>      > something meaningful.
>      >    in sub warn at 'SETTING::'src/core.c/control.rakumod line 267
>      > Must specify a non-empty string as a path
> 
> 
>     Chatgpt says this is know issue, especially  when running Windows.
>     It recommends this:
> 
>           Optional: make GitHub the default source
> 
>           If you hit this often, you can tell zef to prefer GitHub:
> 
>           zef update
>           zef config repository github
> 
>           Then installs like this will usually “just work”:
> 
>           zef install Terminal::ANSIColor
> 
> 
>     I do not have access the the customer's computer at the moment.
>     Is this "AI Slop"? Any options making GitHub the default source?
> 
>     -T
> 


On 12/18/25 9:37 AM, Will Coleda wrote:
 > That is AI slop, yes. Bad advice (You don’t want to download from github
 > in general, you want to get from the fez ecosystem) and doesn’t help
 > solve the actual problem.
 >
 > Please try to download that file manually from the box that is
 > generating the error. Your error message has the URL:
 >
 > curl --output outfile https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/
 > TERMINAL_ANSICOLOR/687697f93d36df28d99841af8121e28f032f87eb.tar.gz
 > <https://360.zef.pm/T/ER/
 > TERMINAL_ANSICOLOR/687697f93d36df28d99841af8121e28f032f87eb.tar.gz>
 >
 > I tried that URL from my box and it downloads fine.
 >
 > You could also add a “—verbose” to the zef command to see if it tells
 > you why the download is failing.
 >


Hi Will,

You called it.  Thank you!  You saved my ...

I took me a few minutes to realize the zef took the tar
ball and I did not have to de-tar it.

The problem had to do with SSL certificates.  Curl was the
one that identified it.

The work around for curl is `--ssl-no-revoke `

:-)

Happy camping has returned!

-T


C:\NtUtil>zef install File::Directory::Tree --force-install

===> Searching for: File::Directory::Tree

===> Fetching [FAIL]: 
File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth<github:labster> from 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raku/REA/main/archive/F/File%3A%3ADirectory%3A%3ATree/File%3A%3ADirectory%3A%3ATree%3Aver%3C0.1%3E%3Aauth%3Cgithub%3Alabster%3E.tar.gz

Aborting due to fetch failure: 
File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth<github:labster> (use --force-fetch 
to override)


C:\NtUtil>curl -L --ssl-no-revoke 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raku/REA/main/archive/F/File%3A%3ADirectory%3A%3ATree/File%3A%3ADirectory%3A%3ATree%3Aver%3C0.1%3E%3Aauth%3Cgithub%3Alabster%3E.tar.gz 
-o  File-Directory-Tree.tar.gz


C:\NtUtil>zef install C:\NtUtil\File-Directory-Tree.tar.gz
===> Staging File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth<zef:labster>
===> Staging [OK] for File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth<zef:labster>
===> Testing: File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth<zef:labster>
===> Testing [OK] for File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth<zef:labster>
===> Installing: File::Directory::Tree:ver<0.1>:auth<zef:labster>