Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 17:04:06 -0600 From: "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org> Subject: newbie-can't install ports Message-ID: <001601c20ce5$538822b0$be83cecd@TCOOPER>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C20CB3.00309B60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just tried to install a shell but can't install it. After reading the = documentation I have 2 questions. From default install 4.5 I was asked to install 100 megs worth of ports. = I did this. when I go to the /user/ports/ I see a bunch of files. Are these the = files I compile to install the software? Or do I have to be connected to = the internet to ftp the files because it keeps on getting the error = message, "Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this port manually = into /usr/ports/distfiles/" Second question, Is a script installed by default? ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C20CB3.00309B60 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 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I just tried to install a shell but = can't install=20 it. After reading the documentation I have 2 questions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>From default install 4.5 I was asked to = install 100=20 megs worth of ports. I did this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>when I go to the /user/ports/ I see a = bunch of=20 files. Are these the files I compile to install the software? Or do I = have to be=20 connected to the internet to ftp the files because it keeps on getting = the error=20 message, "Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this port manually = into=20 /usr/ports/distfiles/"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Second question, Is a script = installed by=20 default?</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C20CB3.00309B60-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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