Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:58:18 +0100 From: Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jes=FAs_Arn=E1iz?= <arnaiz@encomix.es> Cc: FreeBSD <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports Message-ID: <20010115125818.B44350@d9168.upc-d.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <004601c07ee0$45a095e0$4200a8c0@jesus>; from arnaiz@encomix.es on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:45:12AM %2B0100 References: <004601c07ee0$45a095e0$4200a8c0@jesus>
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:45:12AM +0100, Jesús Arnáiz wrote: > Hi! > > I've FreeBSD 4.2 installed. I try to install some ports doing this: > > # mount /cdrom > # cd /usr/ports > # make > > But every time I see it try to find the .tar.gz file on a ftp > site. It don't look on my CD. Ports aren't stored on the cdrom, they are on ftp- and http-servers. So cd to the right directory you want to install (for example: /usr/ports/misc/less) and type "make" there. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: mavetju@chello.nl | http://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org/ ------------------+ telnet://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org:4000 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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