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. =C2=A0I am= installing on a newer AMD 64 system. I have had no issue with getting FreeBSD UNIX up and running on this machin= e. =C2=A0However, 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. =C2=A0Th= en 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 add= ress record. What am I doing wrong here? =C2=A0I have what appears to be a happily worki= ng FreeBSD UNIX that talks to the Internet just fine and does all the basic= things it's supposed to do. =C2=A0I want to get X11 and KDE running on thi= s system. =C2=A0I finally got a port from=C2=A0freebsd.kde.org/ports.php to= compile and install, but I have not been able to install X or anything els= e (like emacs or pkgconf). Any wisdom about this, please? =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Lyman 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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