From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 19:46:34 2005 Return-Path: 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 5688216A4CE for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:46:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.owt.com (smtp.owt.com [204.118.6.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2A5D43D45 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:46:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from [207.41.94.233] (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by smtp.owt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j0OJkQRM024696; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:46:26 -0800 From: Kent Stewart To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Martin Hepworth Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:46:31 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20050121.100645.24079.35746@webmail04.lax.untd.com> <72cf361e0501240604cebdc2a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <72cf361e0501240604cebdc2a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501241146.31348.kstewart@owt.com> cc: "hamsadhvani@netzero.com" Subject: Re: Error installing softwares on FreeBSD system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:46:34 -0000 On Monday 24 January 2005 06:04 am, Martin Hepworth wrote: > HI > > I think you will need to make cvsup first from the ports directory, > Then use cvsup to get the latest version of ports tree. See > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using >.html for more details.. Cvsup changes so slowly that I don't see an purpose in building it from the ports. You have so much extra bagage with building modula (ezm3) that you completely avoid with the package. Kent > > -- > Martin > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:06:09 GMT, hamsadhvani@netzero.com > > wrote: > > I completed the BSD 5.3 instllation on my Dell Desktop using the > > first CD of the 4 CD set. I installed all the ports and > > distributions in the first CD. But when I tried to 'make install' > > emacs from the /usr/ports/editors/emacs20 directory I get a lot of > > messages which says 'Attemting to fetch from : : No > > address record And finally an error message which says: > > Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this port manually > > into usr/ports/distfiles and try again Error code 1 > > Same is the case with other softwates and utilities. > > > > I don't have FTP configured on my computer. Do I have to get the > > CVS repository installed? If so please give me the instructions or > > a link. Is it necessary that I install the rest of the CDs? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html