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Date:      Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:47:25 +0200
From:      "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl>
To:        Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Port Install Problem.  Please Help
Message-ID:  <20000728224725.A8385@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A0110764E@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>; from Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil on Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 02:13:03PM -0500
References:  <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A0110764E@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>

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On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 02:13:03PM -0500, Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil wrote:
> I've been trying to install /usr/ports/cad/qcad with no success.
> 
> The make install attempts to ftp the port from a nonexistent URL
> (ultraviolet.org).
>
That URL doesn't appear in my makefile for qcad. I assume it has changed
recently and you have an outdated version. My makefile is dated 2000/06/22
in the header.
 
> I tried to modify the Makefile to go to the ports collection on the FreeBSD
> site with no success
> 
> I downloaded the tarball and tried to install it with  # tar xvzf
> qcad-1.4.1.tar.gz which does extract it into various directories within
> /qcad.  I cd to the bin directory and found an executable file called qcad,
> but it wouldn't run.
>
It's probably the original distribution, needed by the port. You can put
it in /usr/ports/distfiles and run 'make' in the ports/cad/qcad directory
again, so it won't complain anymore that it can't be fetched.
 
> I accidentally removed everything from the /usr/ports/cad/qcad directory
> (including the makefile of course so I no longer have a make option).  
>
Go to  http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=qcad&stype=all and
click 'download' under qcad-1.4.1. You'll get a file called qcad.tar, 
containing all files to replace your damaged qcad directory.

> I've read the handbook and manually downloaded the package from freebsd.org,
> but pkg_add isn't working like the handbook describes.  Any suggestions?
>
What's the problem? Does it complain about not having some other package?
On above mentioned URL, you will also find what packages are required 
for qcad to install successfully. If you use pkg_add, you have to fetch
and install those packages first. If you use the port, the port will fetch,
compile and install them automatically. 

Hope it helps,
Karel.


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