Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 22:40:03 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Shiva Subramanian <shiva@subbu.us> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, netchild@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: lame-3.99.5 Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uS98vD5REtLMs8Fsa8DmHnfP-cri3PLHoTxh5-XmUGpw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFO=jm4=yuFP3oKeLVGZUSWryE7pzomCuKTrrfsSuje=0Umm7A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFO=jm4=yuFP3oKeLVGZUSWryE7pzomCuKTrrfsSuje=0Umm7A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Shiva Subramanian <shiva@subbu.us> wrote: > hi there - when trying to install lame on my fresh new freebsd - I get the > following error msg. Anything I can do to help resolve? > > murugan02# pkg_add -r lame > Error: Unable to get > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/lame.tbz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > pkg_add: unable to fetch ' > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/lame.tbz' > by URL I don't believe that lame is ever packaged for legal reasons. You will need to build it yourself, if you want it. Binary distribution would require FreeBSD to license it (clearly a non-starter), so there is none. lame is not unique in this regard. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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