Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 11:50:56 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Doug <doug@loxo.net> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Leaning FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAAdA2WMUcjOfjxRQTZA0fYs7HNzkFGDbjNjv0tc-izBoQtviKA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <etPan.57e591df.2ea9ce7d.5ae@loxo.net> References: <etPan.57e591df.2ea9ce7d.5ae@loxo.net>
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On 23 September 2016 at 23:34, Doug <doug@loxo.net> wrote: > Help. Am trying to learn FreeBSD. > > I installed FreeBSD 10.3 from FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-uefi-dvd1.iso. > Am reading the handbook and many of the instructions just don=E2=80=99t w= ork. > Example: > > 4.4.1. > Says to run =E2=80=9C/usr/sbin/pkg=E2=80=9D. > That returns: > The package management tool is not yet installed on your system. > Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: > I type in =E2=80=9Cy=E2=80=9D, press enter key and that returns: > Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/ > FreeBSD:10:amd64/quarterly, please wait... > pkg: Error fetching http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:10:amd64/quarterly/ > Latest/pkg.txz: No address record > A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system. > Consider changing PACKAGESITE or installing it from ports: > 'ports-mgmt/pkg=E2=80=99. > I have no idea what PACKAGESITE is and running /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg: > Permission denied > and changing from my username to root returns: Permission denied > If I try running make from /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg, it returns: > =3D=3D=3D> License BSD2CLAUSE accepted by the user > =3D> pkg-1.6.2.tar.xz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. > =3D> /usr/ports/distfiles/ is not writable by you; cannot fetch. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You should be running the command as user root, or with root privileges. --=20 Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."
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