Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:25:18 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Gilles <gilles.ganault@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [6.2] Fails downloading packages Message-ID: <47D3BB0E.7000507@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <e8m6t3dtsqia3v6978ftvga5p2r6uau498@4ax.com> References: <e8m6t3dtsqia3v6978ftvga5p2r6uau498@4ax.com>
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Gilles wrote: > Hello > > Since 7.0 fails installing on a Hitachi IDE drive, I installed a > Minimal 6.2, but once done, its fails downloading packages: > > freebsd# pkg_add -r bash > > Error: FTP Unable to get > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/Latest/bash.tbz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > pkg_add: unable to fetch > 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/Latest/bash.tbz' > by URL > > Indeed, there's no > /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/Latest/ They were presumably removed for space reasons (6.3 is the latest release). You can use ftp-archive or switch to the latest packages (packages-6-stable). Use PACKAGESITE or related environment variables to do this, see the pkg_add manpage. Kris
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