Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:55:00 -0800 From: David Armour <dfarmour@myrealbox.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: openoffice install [WAS: Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:] Message-ID: <4420D8A4.7000209@myrealbox.com>
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>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 02:44:02PM -0800, David Armour wrote: >> >> 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) ... >> >> is this a handbook, freebsd, kde or openoffice issue? combination of all >> 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 thanks for your reply. i'm actually quite relieved. i'm also feeling a bit like an idiot-savant: i got the whole 9gb (!) shebang installed and working, jdk1.4 (or 5?) inclusive, with minimal difficulty... that is, if you don't count the day & a half of chuntering away the wee box went through to get to that point. but that was a couple of weeks back, give or take, and on a substantially different configuration. (a 15gb / partition, for starters, before i lost my nerve and reverted to the 4gb mess i'm presently contending with) > 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 got one already, thanks. but i think i've definitely run out of room to manoeuvre, if the most recent df -h is any indication. thanks again. i'm continually amazed at the number of messages i see your name at the end of.
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