Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 08:55:15 -0400 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "j mckitrick" <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: no access to packages at the ftp site? Message-ID: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPOEFMCGAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <20001021133506.A59526@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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}-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of j mckitrick }Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 8:35 AM }To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: no access to packages at the ftp site? } } }I got this error recently on the main ftp site: } }root:~# pkg_add -r gnucash }Error: FTP Unable to get }ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stabl }e/Latest/gnucash.tgz: }File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) }pkg_add: unable to fetch }`ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stab }le/Latest/gnucash.tgz' }by URL }root:~# } }Also, using sysinstall, the INDEX was not found. Does }anyone know what }causus this? What is going wrong? } If you fire up /stand/sysinstall and click on Options. For your use (from what yoou stated above) you want the release name set to 4.1-STABLE. Space to select option, Q to save it as it says on the bottom of the page. Save it and then go to Configure; Packages to try an ftp mirror. -Otter }jcm }-- }"That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." }-President Bill Clinton } }"I don't know what you mean by the word 'ask.'" -CEO Bill Gates } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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