From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 03:51:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9525416A402 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 03:51:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A9513C4B0 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 03:51:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l313pj43012531 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:51:46 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.7] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l313pjAZ001387 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:51:45 -0700 Message-ID: <460F3A2B.70909@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:50:51 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <460F2B0A.2070607@norden1.com> In-Reply-To: <460F2B0A.2070607@norden1.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.31.204134 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: dbetts Subject: Re: not able to install some ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:51:46 -0000 dbetts wrote: > I have been trying to install amavisd-new, portgrey, and portupgrade. > I get the same error on all ports when they try to install > dependencies:(this is an example from trying to install the port > portupgrade) > > => bdb-0.6.0.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/ruby. > => Attempting to fetch from ftp://moulon.inra.fr/pub/ruby/. > fetch: ftp://moulon.inra.fr/pub/ruby/bdb-0.6.0.tar.gz: Can't open data > connection > => Attempting to fetch from > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ruby/. > fetch: > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ruby/bdb-0.6.0.tar.gz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this > => port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ruby and try again. > *** Error code 1 > I have also tried pkg_add and get the error: > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ruby/bdb-0.6.0.tar.gz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > Is the ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles down? > Or is there a way to install these ports? > > Thanks > Not sure why, but this happens on occasion with some ports. What you should do (quickest method) is google the filename listed above, download the file, and save it to /usr/ports/distfiles, then rebuild the port(s). This shouldn't occur with most of your ports though. -Garrett