From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 28 7:52: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from simpurio.idealab.com (mx2.idealab.com [64.208.8.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2688C37B407 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 07:52:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@compete.com) Received: (qmail 13786 invoked by alias); 28 Jun 2001 14:52:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 13750 invoked from network); 28 Jun 2001 14:52:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cartman.boston.geekhouse.net) (10.5.1.109) by simpurio.idealab.com with SMTP; 28 Jun 2001 14:52:02 -0000 Received: by cartman.boston.geekhouse.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AC293322F; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:52:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:52:01 -0400 From: Jim Mock To: Martin McCormick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_add -r Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory Message-ID: <20010628105201.B14752@cartman.boston.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@compete.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i 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 On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 at 09:19:57 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > 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. Your ports are out of date, which gave you the wrong information. Try doing just pkg_add -r XFree86 without any version. That will give you the latest package. - jim -- - jim mock www.compete.com - jim@FreeBSD.org - - senior systems administrator - Compete, Inc. - ph: 1.617.867.7035 - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message