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Date:      Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:26:08 +0200
From:      Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl>
To:        David L <dlodeiro@inspired.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installing staroffice 6.0
Message-ID:  <20030820202608.GN13873@dds.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200308202237.04719.dlodeiro@inspired.net.au>
References:  <200308192150.02568.dlodeiro@inspired.net.au> <20030819122735.GF13873@dds.nl> <200308202237.04719.dlodeiro@inspired.net.au>

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On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:37:04PM +1000, David L wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:27 pm, you wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:50:02PM +1000, David L wrote:
> > > Im trying to install Staroffice 6 on my FreeBSD system, however I get
> > > this error when I run make install clean
> > >
> > > # make install clean
> > >
> > > >> Attempting to fetch from
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/.
> > > fetch:
> > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/so-6_0-ga-bin-linux-en.
> > >bin: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> > >
> > > >> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> > > >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again.
> > >
> > > *** Error code 1
> > >
> > > However I go into /usr/ports/distfiles
> > >
> > > # cd /usr/ports/distfiles/
> > > # ls so*
> > > so-6_0-addon-ga-bin-en.zip      soa-6_0-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
> > > so-6_0-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
> > > #
> > >
> > > Has anyone gotten this before?
> >
> > This is a long shot but have you tried removing the file? It could be
> > that it contains some error.
> 
> Yes I have tried that, and I still get the same error.
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 

You could fetch it manual and check the checksum. If the checksum is ok 
and the port still thinks it hasn't got the file then it _must_ be a bug

You could also install the package which you can download from 
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/....
(Which isn't the way you wan't but does help you here and now.)

-- 
Alex

Articles based on solutions that I use:
http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/



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