Date: Fri, 17 May 96 1:02:03 EDT From: Kazem Akbari <akbari@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is there anybody out there to help (3rd attempt) Message-ID: <199605170502.BAA00954@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu> In-Reply-To: <9215.832294035@palmer.demon.co.uk>; from "Gary Palmer" at May 17, 96 1:47 am
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|==> Kazem Akbari wrote in message ID
|==> <199605162320.TAA00876@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu>:
|==> > It has been five weeks now which I am struggling to install my
|==> > FreeBSD-2.1 (Walnut Creek) package and build the ports in the
|==> > /usr/ports directory, but in spite of all efforts the the "make" and
|==> > "make print-index" commands are not working as instructed in the UNIX
|==> > manual. The system asks for the target file of "make" and also says
|==> > there is no entry for the index. It will be greatly appreciated if
|==> > some kind souls give me a detailed direction for the successful
|==> > installation of the FreeBSD-2.1 and resolving the fore-mentioned
|==> > problems. Thank you in advance for your kind consideration and
|==> > assistance.
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|==> You really don't provide much information to go on. It sounds like you
|==> already have FreeBSD installed? If so, what steps did you do prior to
|==> attempting the ``make'' or ``make print-index'' in the /usr/ports
|==> directory? There isn't a lot more I (or anyone else) can suggest
|==> without knowing a lot more about what situation you are in.
Dear Gary, thanks for your response. I believe I have installed the
FreeBSD/XFree86 completely. After installation I went to /usr/ports
directory and as it was instructed, I tried "make" and "make
print-index" both which failed as I explained before. By the way, in
the ports directory I got all the files (README, INDEX, ...) and
directories (games, cad, x11, ...), and all the files in this
directory (ports) have zero value when I try "du -s" and also all the
files in the "distfiles" directory (".gz" files) have zero values (the
same is true for /cdrom). I hope you can help me out to fix the
problem.
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|==> Also, please have some patience, this is not an instant support
|==> service. freebsd-questions (the mail list you reached) is manned by
|==> volunteers who donate time to help people with their FreeBSD
|==> problems. Not all of them read the mail list all day, and not everyone
|==> on the list knows how to help in every case. So a bit of patience
|==> would go a long way ... I think I received 2 copies of your mail
|==> within hours of each other.
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I am very sorry for the misunderstanding. The reason is I purchased
the FreeBSD-2.1 from Walnut Creek CD-Rom company, but their technical
support team pays no attention to my frequent requests in this regard,
so I thought I should have a voice on the FreeBSD list to wake them
up, but it seems they don't care at all.
Thanks again for the mail and anticipating your hints.
Kazem.
|==> Gary
|==> --
|==> Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member
|==> FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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