Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:11:37 +0300 From: "Mbuthia Wangui" <pwangui@africaonline.co.ke> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: installing ports Message-ID: <00cc01c6e795$1ab94290$8e11fea9@user1> References: <50345.66.209.37.5.1159898885.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> <006c01c6e780$a4e0e4b0$8e11fea9@user1>
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When I try to use portinstall, this is the error I get:=20 ETR1800# pkg_add -r portsnap Error: FTP Unable to get = ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.9-release/Latest/= portsnap.tgz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) pkg_add: unable to fetch = 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.9-release/Latest= /portsnap.tgz' by URL ETR1800#=20 Did I mention that I am a FreeBSD dummy. Regards, Phyllis ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Mbuthia Wangui" <pwangui@africaonline.co.ke> To: "Jeff Palmer" <questions@totaldiver.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:45 AM Subject: Re: installing ports > Hi Jeff, >=20 > Thanks for the suggestion and yes the bandwidth manager is an etinc > (ETR1800) box. >=20 > Let me see how the portsnap goes. >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Palmer" <questions@totaldiver.net> > To: <pwangui@africaonline.co.ke> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 9:08 PM > Subject: Re: installing ports >=20 >=20 > <snipped out the original email> >=20 >=20 > You may want to try using portsnap. >=20 >=20 > pkg_add -r portsnap >=20 > then > portsnap fetch extract >=20 >=20 > BTW: This sounds like one of the etnic (sp?) bandwidth manager boxes. > Would that happen to be the case? >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20
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