Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:44:47 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledome.gr> To: Ogre@lowmips.com, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Finding package dependancies - Where are they? Message-ID: <200407221644.47857.nvass@teledome.gr> In-Reply-To: <200407220934.AA43384990@lowmips.com> References: <200407220934.AA43384990@lowmips.com>
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It's a bit different. Assuming that you are using i386 and bourne shell: export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.6.2/i386/All pkg_add -v mozilla Simple as that, check out pkg_add(1) Cheers, NikV On Thursday 22 July 2004 16:34, Ogre wrote: > Me again...I left out some pertinant info (the coffee hasnt kicked in yet > :P) Yeah, I'm running NetBSD, 1.6.2. I just found documentation that > pointed to the FreeBSD docs for more info...and when I RTFM for FreeBSD, I > see theres a "-r" option for pkg_add that will fetch the correct everything > for my package (right?). Looks like I may have answered my own question. > I'll try this option tonight. Sorry for wasting your time! > > > Reggie > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Jorn Argelo" <jorn@wcborstel.nl> > Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:26:02 +0200 (CEST) > > >I'm not really sure if it matters or not, but using ftp.freebsd.org > >might make a difference. Not sure if NetBSD uses the same ports-tree as > >FreeBSD does. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Jorn > > > >> 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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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