Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:18:02 +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: <200407221718.02847.nvass@teledome.gr> In-Reply-To: <200407220955.AA43843742@lowmips.com> References: <200407220955.AA43843742@lowmips.com>
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> With that said, are some packages (for lack of better words-->) "not > supported" on certain builds? I'm running on a sparc box, 1.6.2. If you ftp.netbsd.org seems to be down. Choose a mirror. ftp://ftp.gr.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.6.2/sparc64/All I didn't see any sparc directory. I am clueless about sparcs pkg_add -v (verbose) should work if you have the proper enviroment(PKG_PATH=...) Important: this is a FreeBSD mailing list and we are talking about NetBSD! Subscribe to a NetBSD list. Cheers, NikV On Thursday 22 July 2004 16:55, Ogre wrote: > With that said, are some packages (for lack of better words-->) "not > supported" on certain builds? I'm running on a sparc box, 1.6.2. If you > were to look at the packages available on 1.6.2, for sparc, there are none! > =( > > Thanks for your time, > Reggie > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledome.gr> > Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:44:47 +0300 > > >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" > > _______________________________________________ > 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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