Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 19:31:23 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Krauss, N. (Nathan)" <Nathan.Krauss@voya.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Compat6x-amd64 Package Message-ID: <20170803193123.8163c363.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <B9406B114DF20F47829FC60C1B761A44BBACD4C1@PMPLWEXM1003.dsglobal.org> References: <B9406B114DF20F47829FC60C1B761A44BBACD4C1@PMPLWEXM1003.dsglobal.org>
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On Thu, 3 Aug 2017 17:12:08 +0000, Krauss, N. (Nathan) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm attempting to install VMware Tools on a server running > FreeBSD 8.4 but have been unable to do so due to the following error: > > The VMware Tools for FreeBSD 8.4 depend on libraries provided by the compat6x-amd64 package. Unfortunately we were unable to locate these libraries on your system. Please install the compat6x-amd64 package from the FreeBSD Ports Tree before you attempt to configure VMware Tools. > The easiest way to install this package is by using pkg_add utility. Refer to the man pages on how to properly use this utility. > Please re-run this program after installing the compat6x-amd64 package. > Execution aborted. > > I tried pulling the compat6x-amd64 package, but the file could > not be found. > > [zsroot@NSS /tmp]$ pkg_add -r compat6x > Error: Unable to get ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz' by URL > > Is there an alternate location that I could pull the compat6x-amd64 > package from? Can you manually fetch the file from that location, for example using, for example: # ftp ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz or # wget ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz The file actually is there and can be downloaded. Check for networking problems or general access to ftp-archive.freebsd.org, you should be able to connect. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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