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Date:      Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:13:52 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        David Armour <dfarmour@myrealbox.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:
Message-ID:  <20060321231351.GA26084@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <442081B2.4080209@myrealbox.com>
References:  <442081B2.4080209@myrealbox.com>

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On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 02:44:02PM -0800, David Armour wrote:
> hello,
>=20
> the handbook directions seem direct and specific. but
> #pkg_add -r openoffice
> ...
> produces:
>=20
> Error: FTP Unable to get=20
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/ope=
noffice.tbz:=20
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> pkg_add: unable to fetch=20
> 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/op=
enoffice.tbz'=20
> by URL
>=20
> is this a handbook, freebsd, kde or openoffice issue? combination of all=
=20
> four? or something specific to 'dumb newbie'?

Bit of all 4, really..openoffice is the most complex package in the
ports collection, which means it is often not buildable (e.g. if
something else upon which it depends fails), so it is not always
available in the most recent package sets.  The openoffice developers
also provide packages, or you could use the 'release' package sets on
the freebsd ftp site, but this is usually an old version.

Kris
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