Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:57:02 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pre-compiled package shortage Message-ID: <20090617065702.GA8494@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20090617045908.GA352@vagrant.hsd1.in.comcast.net> References: <20090617045908.GA352@vagrant.hsd1.in.comcast.net>
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:59:08AM -0400, David Karapetyan wrote: > Hello everyone. I am a former user of Freebsd-7.2 Release who migrated to > Debian. I was unable to find an ftp server that had a decent enough list of > precompiled packages (including the default at ftp.freebsd.org; for > example, when installing gnome2 via precompiled packages, the package > manager was unable to find a number of dependencies available in package > form. True, I can compile them from source, but this is rather time > consuming. Does anyone know of an ftp server dedicated to maintaining a > comprehensive list of precompiled packages (a la Debian Testing)? In all > other regards, I favor freebsd over Debian or any other linux distribution, > and would like to return to using it. There are a number of ports that for legal reasons cannot be redistributed as pre-compiled packages. Quite possibly you ran into one or more of those. Other than those ftp.freebsd.org (and mirrors) should have a complete set of pre-compiled packages. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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