From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 22 13:16:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A9716A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:16:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lowmips.com (fmdt1-224.2wcm.comporium.net [199.222.140.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B023843D3F for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:16:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Ogre@lowmips.com) Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:16:53 -0400 Message-Id: <200407220916.AA42860702@lowmips.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "Ogre " To: X-Mailer: Subject: Finding package dependancies - Where are they? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ogre@lowmips.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:16:55 -0000 Hi, I've installing several packages (using pkg_add) lately, and tried many more. I generally use the pkg_add ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/(...) method, with decent success. My problem is that I cannot always find the packages I need! For example, while installing a package listed under ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.6/sparc/All/, I've found that a package dependancy was in ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.3/sparc/All/!? In another case, I could not find the dependancy in ANY of the distributions! Am I just blind? What am I missing here? What is a good way to find where my dependancies reside, without having to search through every distro's package list? What is the logic behind the layout? I'm assuming that the packages listed for each distro just happened to be updated, or ported, during that distro's upcoming? Very confused. Please help. Thanks, Reggie