From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 7 12:47:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ca-fsnt-01.CENUS.COM (mail.cenus.com [63.207.27.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C48E637B491 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:47:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from cenus2kserver (CENUS-2KSERVER [10.101.101.119]) by ca-fsnt-01.CENUS.COM with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id CWMS52KS; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:45:47 -0800 Message-ID: <000801c09146$256777d0$7765650a@Draper.cenus.com> From: "David Smith" To: Subject: Problems with Installing various ports. Problems with FTP.FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 13:40:02 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0910B.78CAAC70" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0910B.78CAAC70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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! ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0910B.78CAAC70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello.

I have been attempting to install = various=20 ports (such as TK-8.3.1) since monday and I have been having numerous = problems=20 obtaining the files, and sorting out dependencies. Therefore, I am = seeking=20 advise regarding the following issues:

1. Until yesterday, I could not = access ftp.freebsd.org at all (although I = could access=20 the mirror sites). Even now, that site appears to be moving along=20 somewhere between 300 and 1200 baud. :)

2. Many of the ports that I am = attempting to=20 grab (say KDE 2.0.1) require XFree86 3.3.6_7 (according to the web = site). =20 When I attempt to grab the XFree86.tar file for the /usr/ports/x11 = directory (so=20 I can just run make) the download times out (see issue #1.) No = problem, I=20 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)=20 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=20 files? I did note that they do have the packages, but XFree86 and = KDE=20 2.0.1 weren't available in packages... :(

3. To get around issue #2, I = downloaded the=20 contents of the FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/x11/XFree86 (and=20 sub-directories). I was then able to do a make and make = install. =20 Unfortunately, when I attempted to install the package I downloaded from = the web=20 for TK 8.3.1 it complained that XFree86 3.3.6_6 was not installed. = The web=20 site indicated that version 3.3.6_7 was the dependency. Have = I gone=20 batty? I eventually gave up on finding 3.3.6_6 ... is the tar = file=20 for the /usr/ports/x11 directory still out there someone that I haven't = been=20 smart enough to find?

4. To get around issue #3, I = finally broke=20 down and hacked the packages db directory and created the sub-directory=20 "XFree86-3.3.6_6" with the contents of the XFree86-3.3.6_4 = directory. This=20 allowed me to install the TK-8.3.1 package! Yeah. However, = will this=20 come back to haunt me some day? Was that a reeaaaalllllyyyyy bad=20 idea? I wonder ....

If any of you have any advice for me, I = would=20 really appreciate it. Thanks!

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