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Date:      Mon, 04 Feb 2002 15:54:16 +0000
From:      David Larkin <David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk>
To:        mharo@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: analog-5.1,1
Message-ID:  <3C5EAEA8.5DA9B43B@DJL.co.uk>
References:  <3C5E988B.6F6D4C75@DJL.co.uk>

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I ftp'd a new copy of ports and then  built analog  OK.

Still a little confused as to where packages can now be found though

;-)

> Hi,
> I'm struggling to download analog-5.1
>
> It is a while since I installed ports / packages , but from what I
> remember there were 2 ways
>
> cd /usr/ports/category/application
> make
>
> or find a package package.tgz
>
> pkg_add package.tgz
>
> I'm running
>
> FreeBSD eagle 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sat Apr 21 10:54:49
> GMT 2001     jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386
>
> when I try the cd /usr/ports method it can't find anything on ftp, I
> guess the version
> has changed since I installed FreeBSD.
>
> when I look on freebsd.org ports I find a 'Download'  which appears to
> contain
> the package, but I find no .tgz anywhere.
>
> Do I need to ftp the whole directory ?
>
> Should I forget about ports and just download the source and compile ?
>
> Sorry, if I sound a little confused.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Dave


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