Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 23:56:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.com> Subject: Re: Problems installing packages using sysinstall (2.2-RELEASE) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970317235601.1602U-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703162328.SAA04469@netcom18.netcom.com>
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On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > I have just installed 2.2 on my Toshiba Tecra 500. I have the PAO > patches installed and the machine working on my local network which is > gateway-ed to the Internet via another FreeBSD machine. > > I can't seem to install any packages using /stand/sysinstall. When I > try to do so it logs onto ftp.freebsd.org, collects the index file and > presents me with the appropriate choices. When I select even one of > these (Let's say elm), and ask it to perform the install sysinstall > core dumps! Oh joy. Jordan will love this! :) > > What could I be doing wrong here? > > What other way(s) of installing these packages do I have? Use ftp to fetch the package manually from ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2/.... ,then run pkg_add package.tgz To add it in. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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