Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 22:22:00 -0400 From: "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Re: Error message: XFree86-3.3.3.1 not found Message-ID: <99042722222101.00388@Nikki.ibm.net>
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Go to /var/db/pkg and make sure a directory called XFree86-3.3.3.1 is there...if not create it. Packages check this directory for depencies before they install. Michael G. On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Andreas Kreuzinger wrote: > Hi ! > > I installed FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE from different server (.de, .cz, > gd.tuwien.ac.at, ftp.freebsd.org) but every time it failed. > After installing distribution X-User (Basic without sources, X server > (SVGA, VGA16, S3 and S3V) and fonts (fnts, f100 and fscl)) and rebooting > the computer I run sysinstall and selected some packages. But when I try > to install them, I get the error message "Warning: XFree86-3.3.3.1 is a > required package but was not found." for each package who needs X. > > If I look into the directory /usr/X11R6/ everything seems to be fine. > > I searched at the homepage but didn't find anything that would help me. > > Any hints? > Maybe it is only a missing symlink? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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