From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 22 13:45:25 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 4C48616A4EE for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:45:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from matrix.teledomenet.gr (dns1.teledomenet.gr [213.142.128.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40F2943D2F for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:45:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvass@teledome.gr) Received: from iris.teledomenet.gr ([192.168.1.71])i6MDebOj016939; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:40:37 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis To: Ogre@lowmips.com, Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:44:47 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200407220934.AA43384990@lowmips.com> In-Reply-To: <200407220934.AA43384990@lowmips.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200407221644.47857.nvass@teledome.gr> Subject: Re: Finding package dependancies - Where are they? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:45:25 -0000 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" > 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"