From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 12 12:41:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA03738 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:41:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA03724; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:41:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul9.u.washington.edu (root@saul9.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.7]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with ESMTP id MAA16098; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:41:37 -0800 Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul9.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with ESMTP id MAA26851; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:41:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:40:57 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jason@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells" To: net work <1500354@usa.net> cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <19990212195323.7892.qmail@nw175.netaddress.usa.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 12 Feb 1999, net work wrote: >Initially i hadn't installed the *ports collection* (HD space concerns) and >decided i would install the ports i needed as time went on. When i first >attempted to install vnc, it told me it 'couldn't find the make files.' Not >even after rebooting. Also when i tried to cd to the directories where the >'make files' reside, /usr/share/mk AND /usrports/Mk >the system responded "no such directory" Which now i am told has to be there You need /usr/ports/Mk. To get this you need to install the ports collection -or- grab that directory off of ftp. I recommend keeping the entire ports collection so that you stay up to date when little things like /usr/ports/Mk change. Catchya Later, | Give me UNIX or give me a typewriter. Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message