Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 13:40:02 -0700 From: "David Smith" <DSmith@Cenus.COM> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Problems with Installing various ports. Problems with FTP.FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <000801c09146$256777d0$7765650a@Draper.cenus.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hello. I have been attempting to install various ports (such as TK-8.3.1) since monday and I have been having numerous problems obtaining the files, and sorting out dependencies. Therefore, I am seeking advise regarding the following issues: 1. Until yesterday, I could not access ftp.freebsd.org at all (although I could access the mirror sites). Even now, that site appears to be moving along somewhere between 300 and 1200 baud. :) 2. Many of the ports that I am attempting to grab (say KDE 2.0.1) require XFree86 3.3.6_7 (according to the web site). When I attempt to grab the XFree86.tar file for the /usr/ports/x11 directory (so I can just run make) the download times out (see issue #1.) No problem, I went after the file on one of the mirrors. Unfortunately it wasn't there. Nor were any of the tar files (for the ports make directories) there. Such as FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/x11/XFree86.tar (as indicated by the web site.) Is it common for the mirrors to not have these files? I did note that they do have the packages, but XFree86 and KDE 2.0.1 weren't available in packages... :( 3. To get around issue #2, I downloaded the contents of the FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/x11/XFree86 (and sub-directories). I was then able to do a make and make install. Unfortunately, when I attempted to install the package I downloaded from the web for TK 8.3.1 it complained that XFree86 3.3.6_6 was not installed. The web site indicated that version 3.3.6_7 was the dependency. Have I gone batty? I eventually gave up on finding 3.3.6_6 ... is the tar file for the /usr/ports/x11 directory still out there someone that I haven't been smart enough to find? 4. To get around issue #3, I finally broke down and hacked the packages db directory and created the sub-directory "XFree86-3.3.6_6" with the contents of the XFree86-3.3.6_4 directory. This allowed me to install the TK-8.3.1 package! Yeah. However, will this come back to haunt me some day? Was that a reeaaaalllllyyyyy bad idea? I wonder .... If any of you have any advice for me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks! [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3019.2500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been attempting to install various ports (such as TK-8.3.1) since monday and I have been having numerous problems obtaining the files, and sorting out dependencies. Therefore, I am seeking advise regarding the following issues:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Until yesterday, I could not access <A href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org">ftp.freebsd.org</A>; at all (although I could access the mirror sites). Even now, that site appears to be moving along somewhere between 300 and 1200 baud. :)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Many of the ports that I am attempting to grab (say KDE 2.0.1) require XFree86 3.3.6_7 (according to the web site). When I attempt to grab the XFree86.tar file for the /usr/ports/x11 directory (so I can just run make) the download times out (see issue #1.) No problem, I went after the file on one of the mirrors. Unfortunately it wasn't there. Nor were any of the tar files (for the ports make directories) there. Such as FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/x11/XFree86.tar (as indicated by the web site.) Is it common for the mirrors to not have these files? I did note that they do have the packages, but XFree86 and KDE 2.0.1 weren't available in packages... :(</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. To get around issue #2, I downloaded the contents of the FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/x11/XFree86 (and sub-directories). I was then able to do a make and make install. Unfortunately, when I attempted to install the package I downloaded from the web for TK 8.3.1 it complained that XFree86 3.3.6_6 was not installed. The web site indicated that version 3.3.6_7 was the dependency. Have I gone batty? I eventually gave up on finding 3.3.6_6 ... is the tar file for the /usr/ports/x11 directory still out there someone that I haven't been smart enough to find?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. To get around issue #3, I finally broke down and hacked the packages db directory and created the sub-directory "XFree86-3.3.6_6" with the contents of the XFree86-3.3.6_4 directory. This allowed me to install the TK-8.3.1 package! Yeah. However, will this come back to haunt me some day? Was that a reeaaaalllllyyyyy bad idea? I wonder ....</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If any of you have any advice for me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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