From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 17 06:57:11 2009 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 313871065708 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E01D38FC17 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:57:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-255-48-78.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.48.78]:58870 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MGp4y-0005aE-57 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:57:09 +0200 Received: (qmail 32955 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2009 08:57:02 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 17 Jun 2009 08:57:02 +0200 Received: (qmail 8548 invoked by uid 1001); 17 Jun 2009 08:57:02 +0200 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:57:02 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090617065702.GA8494@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <20090617045908.GA352@vagrant.hsd1.in.comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090617045908.GA352@vagrant.hsd1.in.comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.48.78 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1MGp4y-0005aE-57. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1MGp4y-0005aE-57 303263227cfbc03f9d3d1a9aea45e86d Subject: Re: Pre-compiled package shortage 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: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:57:11 -0000 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. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se