Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:35:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: John Clark <email@john.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Ports from CD Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970313173450.2174J-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970313181849.00a85c20@199.3.74.250>
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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, John Clark wrote: > I have installed the FreeBSD 2.1.7 CD via FTP using the CD on one box and > my network. The install went ok until I go to the ports. I can fetch an > "Index" but whenever I go to install a particular port, it fails, > complaining that the ports are not found. Could someone tell me what > subdir the sysinstall utility is looking for? And, no, I am not timing out > on the FTP session. pkg installation was not built for going over anything but CDROM. Just download the package you are interested in and run pkg_add package.tgz, or download the port's directory, cd into it, and type 'make' to build it and 'make install' to install it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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