Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 07:50:02 -0500 From: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil To: lowell@world.std.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Port Install Problem. Please Help Message-ID: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A01107653@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>
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No, I wasn't, but before I ask any further questions, I want to do some man and handbook reading on cvsup. Thanks. Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Lowell Gilbert [SMTP:lowell@world.std.com] > Sent: Monday, 31 July, 2000 0745 > To: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Port Install Problem. Please Help > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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