Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 22:14:43 +0000 (UTC) From: Dr Lyman Hazelton <lrh@alum.mit.edu> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: X11/KDE on FreeBSD 10.3 Message-ID: <1935423203.1052397.1484086483831@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1935423203.1052397.1484086483831.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi. I have purchased the FreeBSD installation DVD from FreeBSD Mall. I am installing on a newer AMD 64 system. I have had no issue with getting FreeBSD UNIX up and running on this machine. However, when I try to use either pkg install xorg or I try to make the port of most anything (like, for example, emacs), the install always fails. The fail when attempting to use pkg install happens when pkg install tries to update the catalogue, where it says there is no address record. Then it says a pkg update is required. Doing a pkg update seems to do nothing and the install fails in all events. Trying to install anything using a make install clean in the port directory appears to die when it can't find pkgconf and, again, says there is no address record. What am I doing wrong here? I have what appears to be a happily working FreeBSD UNIX that talks to the Internet just fine and does all the basic things it's supposed to do. I want to get X11 and KDE running on this system. I finally got a port from freebsd.kde.org/ports.php to compile and install, but I have not been able to install X or anything else (like emacs or pkgconf). Any wisdom about this, please? Lyman From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jan 11 06:22:58 2017 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04D3ACAA8EA for <freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Wed, 11 Jan 2017 06:22:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from nightmare.dreamchaser.org (ns.dreamchaser.org [66.109.141.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95B191917 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 11 Jan 2017 06:22:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from breakaway.dreamchaser.org (breakaway.dreamchaser.org. [192.168.151.122]) by nightmare.dreamchaser.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id v0B63rHN059601; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:03:53 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Subject: Re: X11/KDE on FreeBSD 10.3 To: Dr Lyman Hazelton <lrh@alum.mit.edu>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, lrh@alum.mit.edu References: <1935423203.1052397.1484086483831.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1935423203.1052397.1484086483831@mail.yahoo.com> From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Reply-To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Message-ID: <1f0ea53d-74ca-d18e-7e80-a1e8ee98e9ef@dreamchaser.org> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:03:53 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1935423203.1052397.1484086483831@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (nightmare.dreamchaser.org [192.168.151.101]); Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:03:54 -0700 (MST) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 06:22:58 -0000 On 01/10/17 15:14, Dr Lyman Hazelton wrote: > I have purchased the FreeBSD installation DVD from FreeBSD Mall. I > am installing on a newer AMD 64 system. I have had no issue with > getting FreeBSD UNIX up and running on this machine. However, when I > try to use either pkg install xorg or I try to make the port of most > anything (like, for example, emacs), the install always fails. The > fail when attempting to use pkg install happens when pkg install > tries to update the catalogue, where it says there is no address > record. Then it says a pkg update is required. Doing a pkg update > seems to do nothing and the install fails in all events. Trying to > install anything using a make install clean in the port directory > appears to die when it can't find pkgconf and, again, says there is > no address record. What am I doing wrong here? I have what appears > to be a happily working FreeBSD UNIX that talks to the Internet just > fine and does all the basic things it's supposed to do. I want to > get X11 and KDE running on this system. I finally got a port from > freebsd.kde.org/ports.php to compile and install, but I have not been > able to install X or anything else (like emacs or pkgconf). Any > wisdom about this, please? It would help if you would post the actual commands you are using and the output. It may be a DNS error; does DNS resolution work? What's the output of host ftp.freebsd.org What's in /etc/resolv.conf? If nothing, do: echo '208.67.222.222' >/etc/resolv.conf which is an opendns.com nameserver. You will probably want something else permanently depending on your ISP. I build from ports so I'm not much help with packages. However, this article: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/47515/ indicates pkg update -f may resolve the problem once you know DNS is working. Gary
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