From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 16 17:49:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA21541 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 17:49:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA21522 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 17:49:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with ESMTP id BAA09217; Fri, 17 May 1996 01:47:16 +0100 (BST) To: Kazem Akbari cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Is there anybody out there to help (3rd attempt) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 May 1996 19:20:33 EDT." <199605162320.TAA00876@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu> Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 01:47:15 +0100 Message-ID: <9215.832294035@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info