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Date:      Fri, 17 May 1996 01:47:15 +0100
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Kazem Akbari <akbari@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is there anybody out there to help (3rd attempt) 
Message-ID:  <9215.832294035@palmer.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 May 1996 19:20:33 EDT." <199605162320.TAA00876@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu> 

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Kazem Akbari wrote in message ID
<199605162320.TAA00876@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu>:
>    It has  been five  weeks now  which I am  struggling to  install my
> FreeBSD-2.1  (Walnut  Creek) package   and build   the  ports  in  the
> /usr/ports directory, but in  spite of all  efforts the the "make" and
> "make print-index" commands are not working  as instructed in the UNIX
> manual. The system  asks for the  target file of  "make" and also says
> there  is no entry for the  index.  It will  be greatly appreciated if
> some  kind  souls give  me  a  detailed  direction for the  successful
> installation of the   FreeBSD-2.1  and resolving  the   fore-mentioned
> problems.  Thank you  in  advance   for your kind   consideration  and
> assistance.

You really don't provide much information to go on. It sounds like you
already have FreeBSD installed? If so, what steps did you do prior to
attempting the ``make'' or ``make print-index'' in the /usr/ports
directory? There isn't a lot more I (or anyone else) can suggest
without knowing a lot more about what situation you are in.

Also, please have some patience, this is not an instant support
service. freebsd-questions (the mail list you reached) is manned by
volunteers who donate time to help people with their FreeBSD
problems. Not all of them read the mail list all day, and not everyone
on the list knows how to help in every case. So a bit of patience
would go a long way ... I think I received 2 copies of your mail
within hours of each other.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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