Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:21:27 -0800 From: David Armour <dfarmour@myrealbox.com> To: Kenyon Ralph <kralph@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp: Message-ID: <44208A77.1090701@myrealbox.com> In-Reply-To: <13d4d6bb0603211500k590689e3p178ad188f71fa579@mail.gmail.com> References: <442081B2.4080209@myrealbox.com> <13d4d6bb0603211500k590689e3p178ad188f71fa579@mail.gmail.com>
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Kenyon Ralph wrote: > On 3/21/06, David Armour <dfarmour@myrealbox.com> wrote: > >> the handbook directions seem direct and specific. but >> #pkg_add -r openoffice >> ... >> produces: >> >> Error: FTP Unable to get >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/openoffice.tbz: >> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) >> pkg_add: unable to fetch >> 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/openoffice.tbz' >> by URL >> >> is this a handbook, freebsd, kde or openoffice issue? combination of all >> four? or something specific to 'dumb newbie'? >> > > Well, that file doesn't exist, but there is a > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/openoffice.org.tbz. > Try pkg_add -r openoffice.org. > > thank you for your reply. your suggestion seems to work, or at least has not produced an error, yet. :c) i thought i *had* tried the .org bit on the end at one point, but apparently that was another version of me, in another universe. it's still fetching it, as we speak... (tip-toeing around) i installed the port a few weeks ago on a different install, and it required 9gb. is there a way to find out how much space the package needs / uses? i got the impression that the package route for large-ish installs such as openoffice used less, but i've definitely been wrong before.
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