From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Aug 3 21:28:13 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 1FF29DD418A for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2017 21:28:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6722@twc.com) Received: from dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.73.229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com", Issuer "dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05F786BB21 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2017 21:28:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6722@twc.com) Received: from [74.134.208.22] ([74.134.208.22:59803] helo=localhost) by dnvrco-omsmta02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.9.48312 r(Core:3.6.9.0)) with ESMTP id 32/93-25924-5B393895; Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:20:53 +0000 Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:20:43 +0000 Message-ID: <32.93.25924.5B393895@dnvrco-omsmta02> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Compat6x-amd64 Package References: X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.64.7:25 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 21:28:13 -0000 > 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? > Thank you, > Nathan Krauss > IT Security Specialist > Voya Financial(r) I looked in the Makefile at MASTER_SITES. URL is http://people.freebsd.org/~mnag/compat6x/ There were various compat6x.*.tar.bz2 files for Parent directory/ - - compat6x-alpha-6.2.602110.200706.tar.bz2 3523193 2007-Jun-20 02:26 compat6x-alpha-6.3.602114.200711.tar.bz2 3800017 2007-Nov-23 12:31 compat6x-alpha-6.3.603000.200801.tar.bz2 3811332 2008-Feb-26 01:04 compat6x-alpha-6.4.604000.200810.tar.bz2 3809180 2008-Oct-17 02:27 compat6x-amd64-6.2.602110.200706.tar.bz2 5482273 2007-Jun-20 02:26 compat6x-amd64-6.3.602114.200711.tar.bz2 5816908 2007-Nov-23 12:32 compat6x-amd64-6.3.603000.200801.tar.bz2 5846035 2008-Feb-26 01:04 compat6x-amd64-6.4.604000.200810.tar.bz2 6445228 2008-Oct-17 02:29 compat6x-i386-6.2.602110.200706.tar.bz2 2899222 2007-Jun-20 02:26 compat6x-i386-6.3.602114.200711.tar.bz2 3115554 2007-Nov-23 12:32 compat6x-i386-6.3.603000.200801.tar.bz2 3132679 2008-Feb-26 01:03 compat6x-i386-6.4.604000.200810.tar.bz2 3133715 2008-Oct-17 02:29 compat6x-sparc64-6.2.602110.200706.tar.bz2 3068995 2007-Jun-20 02:26 compat6x-sparc64-6.3.602114.200711.tar.bz2 3288177 2007-Nov-23 12:32 compat6x-sparc64-6.3.603000.200801.tar.bz2 3308405 2008-Feb-26 01:04 compat6x-sparc64-6.4.604000.200810.tar.bz2 3313585 2008-Oct-17 02:30 Tom