From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 21 23:20:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E66816A420 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:20:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dfarmour@myrealbox.com) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B318243D48 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:20:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dfarmour@myrealbox.com) Received: from pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.179]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWI00GWN3I04Q90@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:20:24 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWI00EQ23I0ZO10@pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:20:24 -0700 (MST) Received: from [24.68.24.17] by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWI00GSC3HZC570@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:20:24 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:21:27 -0800 From: David Armour In-reply-to: <13d4d6bb0603211500k590689e3p178ad188f71fa579@mail.gmail.com> To: Kenyon Ralph Message-id: <44208A77.1090701@myrealbox.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <442081B2.4080209@myrealbox.com> <13d4d6bb0603211500k590689e3p178ad188f71fa579@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060314) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp: 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: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:20:25 -0000 Kenyon Ralph wrote: > On 3/21/06, David Armour 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.