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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 16:25:00 -0600 (MDT)
From: Scott Carmichael <freebsd@jobeus.net>
To: Mario Schmidt <mario@freebsd.linux-site.net>
Cc: newbies@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Adding ports/packages
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There aren't packages for every port. If it's not available on the
ftp.*.freebsd.org sites, I'd suggest you just install the port instead.

-Scott

On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Mario Schmidt wrote:

> Hello FreeBSD Pros,
>
> :) adding ports is a nice feature. Adding packages is even nicer to me. The
> problem for me is, i use the web frontend of freebsd.org to scan for good
> ports and try to add the package for this port with:
>
> # pkg_add -r <package_name>
>
> Sometime it fetches the packages ... like "licq-console":
>
> Fetching
> ftp://ftp.de.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.5-release/Latest/
> licq-console.tgz... Done.
>
> Sometime it won't find it ... like "darkstar":
>
> Error: FTP Unable to get
> ftp://ftp.de.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.5-release/Latest/
> darkstar.tgz: File unavailable
> (e.g., file not found, no access)
> pkg_add: unable to fetch
> `ftp://ftp.de.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.5-release/Latest
> /darkstar.tgz' by URL
>
> Why can't the pkg_add don't find this and find the other? Can i specify a
> better "PACKAGESITE" or "PACKAGEROOT" environment, which would get it
> better?
>
> TAI
> Mario
>
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