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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:13:14 +0100
From: Ruud Jansen <ruut@il.fontys.nl>
To: David Armour <dfarmour@myrealbox.com>
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Subject: Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:
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* David Armour <dfarmour@myrealbox.com> wrote:
> hello,
> 
> the handbook directions seem direct and specific. but
> #pkg_add -r openoffice
> ...
> produces:
> 
> Error: FTP Unable to get 
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/openoffice.tbz: 
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> pkg_add: unable to fetch 
> 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/openoffice.tbz' 
> by URL
> 
> is this a handbook, freebsd, kde or openoffice issue? combination of all 
> four? or something specific to 'dumb newbie'?

Hi,
Ik don't think there is an openoffice binary on the freebsd servers, not
sure though.

But you can pkg_add a package from good-day.net, take a look at
ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/ and choose
a package and then just pkg_add the package without the -r option.
-- 
Ruud Jansen