From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 28 7:20: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dc.cis.okstate.edu (dc.cis.okstate.edu [139.78.100.219]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88F537B406 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 07:19:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu) Received: from martin (helo=dc.cis.okstate.edu) by dc.cis.okstate.edu with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 15FceD-0002yV-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:19:57 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: pkg_add -r Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:19:57 -0500 From: Martin McCormick Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have about learned the correct procedure for installing packages and building ports. Yesterday, I described efforts to fix a corrupted Freebsd system and I did successfully repair most of the damage. All that is left is to install XFree86. I went to /usr/ports and did make search key=XFree86 which brought up a port called XFree86-3.3.6_8. It was not on the system so I tried pkg_add -r XFree86-3.3.6_8 I got the following: pkg_add: unable to fetch `ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386 /packages-4.3-release/Latest/XFree86-3.3.6_8.tgz' by URL Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386 /packages-4.3-release/Latest/XFree86-3.3.6_8.tgz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) The documentation has been pretty good, but I am at a loss as to the best practice next. When I get that installed, expect should install. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Data Communications Group To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message