Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:44:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port Install Problem. Please Help Message-ID: <200007311244.IAA09399@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A01107652@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil> (Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil) References: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A01107652@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>
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From: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 07:29:06 -0500 Sorry for the lack of details. I've been working (learning) FBSD for the last 3 months. I'm using FreeBSD 4.0 (Stable). When I try to run qcad I get the error "No such command found." Right, but since you didn't use the port, I can't help much there. The original distribution, which you appear to have used, could have installed its files anywhere. [In fact, standardizing this is one of the main reasons for having the ports system in the first place.] The port, I see from examining its pkg/PLIST file, installs a file called 'qcad' in the bin directory (which, by default for the ports system, would mean /usr/local/bin). I guess the real question I need to ask is how to I download the newest port? I assume once I do it's just the simple matter of make install. If you're running 4-STABLE, as you say, then you're presumably using cvsup to get the updates. cvsup can update ports, too. Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Lowell Gilbert [SMTP:lowell@world.std.com] > Sent: Friday, 28 July, 2000 1525 > To: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil > Subject: Re: Port Install Problem. Please Help > > Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil writes: > > > I've been trying to install /usr/ports/cad/qcad with no success. > > > > The make install attempts to ftp the port from a nonexistent URL > > (ultraviolet.org). > > > > I tried to modify the Makefile to go to the ports collection on the > FreeBSD > > site with no success > > > > I downloaded the tarball and tried to install it with # tar xvzf > > qcad-1.4.1.tar.gz which does extract it into various directories within > > /qcad. I cd to the bin directory and found an executable file called > qcad, > > but it wouldn't run. > > > > I accidentally removed everything from the /usr/ports/cad/qcad directory > > (including the makefile of course so I no longer have a make option). > > > > I've read the handbook and manually downloaded the package from > freebsd.org, > > but pkg_add isn't working like the handbook describes. Any suggestions? > > You tried a lot of things, and you said they failed, but you gave no > information whatsoever about how they failed -- and in many cases, not > even details on what you did. Without at least that, or preferably > the error messages, people won't be able to help you much at all. > > The current version of the port doesn't refer to ultraviolet.org at > all, so obviously you have an out-of-date set of ports. Which points > out that you didn't give any information on how your system is > configured, either. Since you now have no port at all for qcad, you > might want to go get an updated one. Depending on how old your system > is, you might need a ports upgrade kit as well. You can get one > (along with more information on how the whole ports system works) from > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ > > As far as pkg_add, I can guess that you tried to use it on something > that wasn't actually a package. But that's just a a guess. > > Be well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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