From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 3 10:42:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22FEE37B401 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:41:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92FAD43E75 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:41:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a059.otenet.gr [212.205.215.59]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g83HfptG017130; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:41:52 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g83HfoKN010501; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:41:50 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g83HfmlF010491; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:41:48 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:41:47 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Peter Leftwich Cc: FreeBSD LIST Subject: Re: 1 in 8 success with `pkg_add -r` Message-ID: <20020903174147.GA5593@hades.hell.gr> References: <20020902003705.M27353-100000@hades> <20020903132254.D27368-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020903132254.D27368-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> X-PGP-Fingerprint: C1EB 0653 DB8B A557 3829 00F9 D60F 941A 3186 03B6 X-Phone: +30-944-116520 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 On 2002-09-03 13:25 +0000, Peter Leftwich wrote: > On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > I hope you do realise, though, that without seeing the exact error > > message printed, if any, nobody can help you effectively. > > The usual pkg_add error I normally (often) get is that it is attempting to > get ftp://blah.blah.blah/pkgname.tgz then a line saying not found. What's wrong with copy/pasting it all? > > Then, try using the port to install it: > > # cd /usr/ports/x11/imwheel > > I haven't yet learned how to use portupgrade -- in this case I would only > want imwheel and not -all- ports. To replicate the folder structure > locally I would have to do a number of ftp's (since there is no tarball). I didn't mention anything about portupgrade, or any other port for that matter. Just x11/imwheel... > > # make install clean > > What does the clean part do? i.e. why make then install then clean (in that > order?) Does make install make a binary to run or a sh configure.sh? "make install" does, well, what you guess from the name. It installs the port to your system (after downloading, configuring, compiling the proper programs, and all that). "make clean" will remove the temporary files that are created while the port infrastructure builds the program from source. Please, refer to the ports(7) manpage and the Handbook chapter on ports and packages for more information. -- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve -- http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message