Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:14:37 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Danny Howard <dannyman@toldme.com> Subject: Re: ssh -X yields "Error: Can't open display:" Message-ID: <200512211114.38143.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <20051221190128.GY19387@ratchet.nebcorp.com> References: <20051221181721.GV19387@ratchet.nebcorp.com> <20051221183239.GW19387@ratchet.nebcorp.com> <20051221190128.GY19387@ratchet.nebcorp.com>
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On Wednesday 21 December 2005 11:01 am, Danny Howard wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 10:32:39AM -0800, Danny Howard wrote: > > 1-10:29 djh@castor /usr/ports# pkg_add -r xorg-clients > > Error: FTP Unable to get > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/L > >atest/xorg-clients.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no > > access) > > pkg_add: unable to fetch > > 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/ > >Latest/xorg-clients.tbz' by URL > > So ... the way you get around that, is, you look in > ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/` >uname -r`/packages/All/ for the package name, then: > > pkg_add -r > ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/5 >.3-RELEASE/packages/All/xorg-clients-6.7.0_4.tbz > > And now I can run xfig. :) > That doesn't work. FreeBSD-5.3-release does not have current packages.=20 They are dinosaurs the day after they unlock the port system from a=20 release. You have to look for packages in 5-stable/.../Latest. Such as ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/Latest/ The package site always lags behind the port system. If you want current=20 applications, you have to cvsup and then build them on your system. You=20 have choices but you have to understand the options. Kent =2D- =20 Kent Stewart Richland, WA "Nunca te acostar=E1s sin saber una cosa m=E1s" http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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