From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 22 04:54:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2901D16A400 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:54:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dfarmour@myrealbox.com) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C813443D4C for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:54:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dfarmour@myrealbox.com) Received: from pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.50]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWI00LSJIXVJ010@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:53:55 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml2so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.146]) by pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWI00BCBIXVBEJ0@pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:53:55 -0700 (MST) Received: from [24.68.24.17] by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWI00GN5IXUZS90@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:53:55 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:55:00 -0800 From: David Armour To: Kris Kennaway , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <4420D8A4.7000209@myrealbox.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060314) Cc: Subject: openoffice install [WAS: Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:54:33 -0000 >> 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.