From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 12 2:44:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.xs4all.nl (smtp3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB06B37B401 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 02:44:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tendimus.meridien.nl (stat124-32.dial.xs4all.nl [194.109.124.32]) by smtp3.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA29482 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:44:52 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200109120944.LAA29482@smtp3.xs4all.nl> Received: from wijnand ([192.168.0.104]) by tendimus.meridien.nl (MERAK 2.10.282) with ESMTP id CRC36692 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:44:37 +0200 Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:45:36 +0200 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "W. Wiersma" Subject: RE: problem using ports ?? X-Mailer: Opera 5.11 build 904 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I had the same problem but when I downloaded the same in .tar.gz it worked! 9/12/01 8:36:45 AM, "Stephen Hurd" wrote: >> hi, >> iam not getting how to install from ports.i tried first to install bash2 but >failed.i went to >> the dir /usr/ports/bash2 and did make install (to install from ftp site as i >dont have a >> cdrom).it says error ,and to copy the port to /usr/ports/distfiles.then i >downloaded the file >> bash2.tgz ,but still it wont take that.how do i make it to take the file i >downloaded(as it is >> not taking from the ftp site).can i do it in the traditional way,will there >be any problems. >> one more thing does freebsd come with any text browser.i tried to install >lynx text browser and >> there's the same problem.please help me install. >> thanx and regards >> rohit > >Well, first off, I assume that /usr/ports/base2 was a typo on your part... >that dor shouldn't exist at all... /usr/ports/shells/bash2 would be the >correct folder. Second, without knowing the specific error you get, I can't >really help troubleshoot the ports install... there IS however another way to >install... it won't work for ALL ports as some cannot be distributed as >packages. > >If you su to root, then run /stand/sysinstall and go to configure then >packages, then FTP then the nearest mirror then down to shells then select >bash-2.05 with the space bar, then press enter , then move to the install and >press enter again, it should download and install. If that still doesn't >work, try: >'pkg_add >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.3-stable/All/bash-2.05 >.tgz' > >And get back to us on the actual error message you get. > > >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