Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:30:31 -0400 From: Josh Ockert <torstenvl@gmail.com> To: eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add problem Message-ID: <433D4C07.1040704@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AD7E3186-659A-48C2-9B84-5AE6BB752064@redry.net> References: <AD7E3186-659A-48C2-9B84-5AE6BB752064@redry.net>
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Uhh... Well my first bet when trying to find stuff on FTP would be to follow the path that the address given tries to specify. Had you tried, you would have found that packages-5.3-release doesn't exist under ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/. This would have led you to wonder how to change the site pkg_add -r uses for packages. This, appropriately enough, is set in the environment variable PACKAGESITE, which you could have found by googling the archives (this question came up maybe a week ago) or reading the man page. My recommendation would be: o Set PACKAGESITE to: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/ o pkg_add -rf portupgrade o portupgrade -arfP eoghan wrote: > Hello > Im trying to install gnome2 via pkg_add -r since the port install gave > me an error half way through. So when I type: > pkg_add -r gnome2 > I get: > Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/ > packages-5.3-release/Latest/gnome2.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file > not found, no access) > > pkg_add: unable to fetch 'tp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/ > packages-5.3-release/Latest/gnome2.tbz' by URL > > I can ftp to the freeBSD site but im jut not sure what pkg to get... > any idea why my pkg_add -r doesnt work? (it seems to be the same for > any pkg i try to add) > Im using 5.3 > Thanks > Eoghan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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