From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Aug 3 17:31:31 2017 Return-Path: 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 2AA1DDC9F60 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2017 17:31:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay13.qsc.de (mailrelay13.qsc.de [212.99.187.253]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92A1C63AE3 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2017 17:31:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay13.qsc.de; Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:31:26 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-203-176.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.203.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5902F3C77D; Thu, 3 Aug 2017 19:31:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v73HVNne002476; Thu, 3 Aug 2017 19:31:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 19:31:23 +0200 From: Polytropon To: "Krauss, N. (Nathan)" Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: FreeBSD Compat6x-amd64 Package Message-Id: <20170803193123.8163c363.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay13.qsc.de with E03B16835C8 X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1341 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:31:31 -0000 On Thu, 3 Aug 2017 17:12:08 +0000, Krauss, N. (Nathan) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm attempting to install VMware Tools on a server running > FreeBSD 8.4 but have been unable to do so due to the following error: > > The VMware Tools for FreeBSD 8.4 depend on libraries provided by the compat6x-amd64 package. Unfortunately we were unable to locate these libraries on your system. Please install the compat6x-amd64 package from the FreeBSD Ports Tree before you attempt to configure VMware Tools. > The easiest way to install this package is by using pkg_add utility. Refer to the man pages on how to properly use this utility. > Please re-run this program after installing the compat6x-amd64 package. > Execution aborted. > > I tried pulling the compat6x-amd64 package, but the file could > not be found. > > [zsroot@NSS /tmp]$ pkg_add -r compat6x > Error: Unable to get ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz' by URL > > Is there an alternate location that I could pull the compat6x-amd64 > package from? Can you manually fetch the file from that location, for example using, for example: # ftp ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz or # wget ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz The file actually is there and can be downloaded. Check for networking problems or general access to ftp-archive.freebsd.org, you should be able to connect. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...