Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:17:37 -0700 From: "Tim Dimsdale" <tdimsdale@home.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: installing kde doesn't work, everything else works Message-ID: <000001c00666$f63e9020$0200a8c0@tim>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C005BF.B9626660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I downloaded all of the install files from about three ftp sites onto a = dos partition, as well as all of the package files. My question is, = where do I put these files in the \FREEBSD directory so that the = sysinstall will know where kde is ?? I tried putting the kde directory = in the \freebsd\ports\kde, \freebsd\packages\kde, and \freebsd\kde. = With these I have tried using different index files too. I get the = option in the sysinstall menus to install kde as a package or a port = (depending on which index file I used) but the install always comes up = with errors saying that it cannot find the files. It can some other = packages when I choose "all", but ones that I don't really need. I'm not really sure where to go from here. I have all of the necessary = files, but I don't know where to put them in the dos partition so that = they'll actually install. =20 FreeBSD itself and x-windows have both installed ok.. but I just need to = know how to get kde running plz. I've looked in errata files, manual = pages, and so forth but I can't find the information I need. Can you help me ? tdimsdale@home.com timothy@dimsdale.com ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C005BF.B9626660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I downloaded all of the = install files=20 from about three ftp sites onto a dos partition, as well as all of the = package=20 files. My question is, where do I put these files in the \FREEBSD=20 directory so that the sysinstall will know where kde is ?? I tried = putting=20 the kde directory in the \freebsd\ports\kde, \freebsd\packages\kde, and=20 \freebsd\kde. With these I have tried using different index = files=20 too. I get the option in the sysinstall menus to install kde as a = package=20 or a port (depending on which index file I used) but the install always = comes up=20 with errors saying that it cannot find the files. It can = some other=20 packages when I choose "all", but ones that I don't really = need.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm not really sure where to go from = here. I=20 have all of the necessary files, but I don't know where to put them = in the=20 dos partition so that they'll actually install. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>FreeBSD itself and x-windows have both = installed=20 ok.. but I just need to know how to get kde running plz. I've = looked in=20 errata files, manual pages, and so forth but I can't find the = information I=20 need.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can you help me ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:tdimsdale@home.com">tdimsdale@home.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:timothy@dimsdale.com">timothy@dimsdale.com</A></FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C005BF.B9626660-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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