Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:57:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert <robert@namodn.com> To: gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getfreebsdstuff [-cmd|-pkg|-port|-dist|-vVERS|...] thing ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981215144247.21436A-100000@namodn.com> In-Reply-To: <199812151900.LAA14276@deal1.bogs.org>
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When you download a package from ftp.freebsd.org , make sure you get it from the /pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2.7 dir, that's where all the a.out stuff is ( the packages in /pub/FreeBSD/packages are ELF format now, and will only work with FreeBSD 3.0 ) You could make a shell script I 'spose, something like --- #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/ftp ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2.7/All/$1 pkg_add $1 --- should do the trick in one step, save it as whatever filename you want and chmod u=rwx it.. If you saved it as filename "add", then you could do add (assuming it's on your path) ls to see the names of all the packages.. although just doing lynx freebsd/ports will allow you to search the database with descriptions/etc... You could also just add the .tgz type to lynx so it automatically installs a .tgz file.. although I prefer to do it the interactive way :) /stand/sysinstall should do it in one step for you, too.. -rob ( www.namodn.com ) ( robert@namodn.com ) On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Greg Shenaut wrote: > In message <Pine.A41.3.95b.981215102749.148012B-100000@goodall1.u.washington.edu>, "K. Marsh" cleopede: > >On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Greg Shenaut wrote: > > > >> Is there a utility with the above functionality? That is, a single > >> command-line invocation that will fetch, compile if necessary, and > >> install one or more commands, distributions, packages, or ports? > >> > >> I have installed packages and ports, but the process is interactive > >> and tends to fail--I am probably doing things the "hard way" due to > >> lack of knowledge and would appreciate a steer toward the easy way. > > > >Gosh, Greg, I didn't think it could be much easier than pkg_add. > > Well, you are probably correct. How do you use pkg_add to add a > distribution or port? And also, how do you fetch a package or port > if you don't know or care what version to get, or don't know the > name given to the port or package containing a given command? > > >If you're having problems, my guess is that you are trying to add new > >packages/ports from the web to an older installation of FreeBSD, so the > >version numbers of libraries, distfiles, etc are off. > > Yes, I've run into this. I thought that the notion of prerequisites > was supposed to deal with this, at least for ports. > > >I've always > >had best results by using only the packages and ports that are on the > >CD-ROM with the version of FreeBSD I'm running, but in a pinch, I get the > >new port from the web first, and then run make on it. I haven't used > >packages as much, but from what I've read, they are even *easier*. > > This made more sense before things were split among several CDs. > I have sometimes had great difficulty (probably because of stupidity > on my part) trying to install a port from the same-version CD set, > when resources were needed from more than one CD. For one thing, > it was difficult to find out which CD something was on, especially > when I wasn't certain of the name of the containing package. > > >Also note that a port will fail in short order if you don't have the > >associated distfile, and if it isn't available at the ftp sites listed in > >the Makefile. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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