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Date:      Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:33:40 -0600
From:      Joe.Warner@smed.com
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Unable to get Minicom installed
Message-ID:  <85256952.00554270.00@Deimos.smed.com>

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Hi,

  I've been trying all morning to get minicom from /usr/ports/comms/minicom
installed and can't get it to work.

First, I tried "make install" from /usr/ports/comms/minicom and it couldn't
find it at any of the ftp sites listed in the makefile.

Next, I downloaded a newer version of it (1.83) from ftp.freebsd.org but
got the following message after unpacking it
and typing "make" and "make install" from the unpacked minicom directory:
Variable PKGNAME is recursive.

Finally, I tried downloading and installing minicom-1.83.1.src.tar.gz from
www.pp.clinet.fi/~walker/minicom.html
but couldn't get that to work either.

Also, I've probably rendered /usr/ports/comms/minicom useless because after
I download the tar file from ftp.freebsd.org and couldn't get it to
install, I copied the entire contents of the unpacked minicom directory
over the top of /usr/ports/comms/minicom, thinking I could do this and then
cd to /usr/ports/comms/minicom, type "make install" and it would work but
it didn't.

Could someone help me get this port installed?  I'd really appreciate some
help.

Thanks

Joe




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