Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:28:16 +0200 From: Alex <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: "Tony M." <zigner@earthlink.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Packages Using Sysinstall? Message-ID: <1301540384.20021015102816@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <3DABAA43.C394B84C@earthlink.net> References: <3DABAA43.C394B84C@earthlink.net>
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Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 7:40:19 AM, you wrote: TM> Hello again everyone. TM> I am trying to use the sysinstall utility to add packages. If I use the main server TM> (ftp.freebsd.org) then I get a message saying that it can't find the 4.7-RC1 TM> distribution on this server. TM> When I set the options to "any" and then try it it says it can't find the /INDEX file TM> on the specified server. Even when I put in the full path to TM> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.7-rc1/ as a url, it still TM> can't find it. TM> What am I doing wrong? TM> Thanks, TM> Tony TM> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org TM> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Dear Tony, In the option menu you find a string that looks like FreeBSD-4.7-RC1. You have to remove the -RC1 part for this to work. You can also update your version to the final release. -- Best regards, Alex The FreeBSD handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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