Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:27:59 -0600 (CST) From: Nathan Whitehorn <nathanw@uchicago.edu> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing binary packages Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0702211327300.11268@harper.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <200702211034.41274.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <b9e283430702201249h30ee3b56r33a3ee9ede88856e@mail.gmail.com> <200702211034.41274.jhb@freebsd.org>
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I think the last release with binary packages was 5.2.1. -Nathan On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday 20 February 2007 15:49, Rafael Ruiz wrote: >> Hi! >> I have just to install FreeBSD/alpha 6.0 on my AlphaStation 255/300. >> Installation process was correct, but i can not to install binary packages >> for X (Xorg and application). >> >> I have checked ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages and there no >> exists any package. Is alpha package removed from ftp servers? > > Probably. There have also been issues building packages for Alpha the past > few releases, so there may not have been any pre-built packages. You can > still build them from ports however. > > -- > John Baldwin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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