Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:02:48 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: craig.freebsd@online.de Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'cause the ports don't work... Message-ID: <41E51FF8.4070400@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <41E51252.7090906@online.de> References: <41E51252.7090906@online.de>
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craig wrote: > i've had a good couple of problems installing ports, either because of > compilation issues, or because they were just not there. > is there something i am missing? You are writing to a community for most of which ports just works, please describe what makes your system specific. What is your ports-supfile? did you leave out parts you thought you didn't need? How can we tell if something is missing when you don't tell what you have? > zB, i need to install stlport, and a quick search on www.freshports.org > shows that it should be as easy as > pkg_add -r stlport-gcc > when i try that, however, it fails real quick with a 'unable to fetch' > error. You can fetch the package manually then install with 'pkg_add <package>', likewise if fetching the source fails try manually. Maybe it fails due to some firewall settings or proxy requirements. > when that fails, i typically go into the relevant /usr/ports/ directory > and go through the make process. > but for a port whose package failed, more often than not the make > process fails too. > > am i missing something? How can we tell, you haven't included which ports fail, nor any output error message. > i regularly update everything with portupgrade -arR and with cvsup. upgrading with portupgrade -arR is dangerous and may leave a mess behind. the manpage recommends running 'portsdb -Uu' after cvsup and before portupgrade and 'pkgdb -F' and 'portsclean -L' after portupgrade. failing this may leave some inconsistencies that can cause problems. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2
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