From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 03:29:23 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57AE81065786 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 03:29:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C0A8FC1C for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 03:29:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.10.3] ([202.69.173.216]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:29:22 -0700 Message-ID: <4C2C0B8F.6010103@a1poweruser.com> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:29:19 +0800 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mr. Darren" References: <428298.49145.qm@web112007.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <428298.49145.qm@web112007.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jul 2010 03:29:23.0284 (UTC) FILETIME=[997FC140:01CB18CD] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:29:23 -0000 Mr. Darren wrote: > Though this will not be the focus of my question. >Lots of ports are being created for FreeBSD and none submitted. I don't know why. > > My problem arises when trying to install one of these which is put together quite well. >pkg_add -r http://site/something.tbz, or pkg_add something.tbz doesn't work for the dependencies. >So how do I tell pkg_add to fetch the first pkg from one site and the rest from the main sites? It is available in source but the system is void of pkg's at the moment and with the 1ghz processor and 512mb ram could take quite a while. And the funny part is it will work perfectly if I just place it in ports/multimedia. > > Darren Johnston > The official Freebsd Packages all come from the same ftp site. And all the dependents get install just fine. Targeting a non-official package site is done at your own risk.