Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:42:37 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: rloc <rloc@iafrica.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and installing ports Message-ID: <20011121134236.D22853@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3BFC3A23.C5B002E4@iafrica.com>; from rloc@iafrica.com on Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:34:59PM %2B0000 References: <3BFC3A23.C5B002E4@iafrica.com>
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--Km1U/tdNT/EmXiR1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:34:59PM +0000, rloc wrote: > I recently installed version 4.4 off CDs from FreeBSDmall and have a > running system now. The installation of the ports is not proceeding as > per the Handbook pages 108 ff however. >=20 > During the install off the CDs I selected a number of ports to be > installed and this seemed to work since I can find them under > /usr/ports/xyz/abc. >=20 > If I mount the relevant CD in the drive and do cd > /usr/ports/astro/xworld ((for example) and then type "make" > The system says that xworld-2.0.tar.gz is not in /usr/ports/distinfo and > then attempts to FTP this file rather than read the CD. The CD files are > all in .tgz format anyway. >=20 > I have been advised to do a pkg_add command but this results in a > "package already installed" message. >=20 > A "make install" command also results in an attempt to FTP. >=20 > I would appreciate any assistance you can offer. What are you trying to do? If you selected to install certain *packages* at install-time, they're already there and you don't need to do anything else now. If you also selected to install the *ports collection*, that's under /usr/ports, and it's a way you can compile new packages from source or recompile the ones you have (it will obviously need to go out and download the source from somewhere before it can do this). You can also download new packages using pkg_add -r. Kris --Km1U/tdNT/EmXiR1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7/B/MWry0BWjoQKURAkxeAKD/dne5iLyZxJW1NVk9+6YGC5S7WwCg/bQJ 8iScsTXHywwqmHG6pNeoFL0= =yqBa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Km1U/tdNT/EmXiR1-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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