Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:57:38 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to get Minicom installed Message-ID: <20000908145738.F22458@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <85256952.00554270.00@Deimos.smed.com>; from Joe.Warner@smed.com on Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 09:33:40AM -0600 References: <85256952.00554270.00@Deimos.smed.com>
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Quoting Joe.Warner@smed.com <Joe.Warner@smed.com>: [000906 18:32]: Joe.Warner@smed.com> Joe.Warner@smed.com> Joe.Warner@smed.com>Hi, Joe.Warner@smed.com> Joe.Warner@smed.com> I've been trying all morning to get minicom from /usr/ports/comms/minicom Joe.Warner@smed.com>installed and can't get it to work. Joe.Warner@smed.com> Joe.Warner@smed.com>First, I tried "make install" from /usr/ports/comms/minicom and it couldn't Joe.Warner@smed.com>find it at any of the ftp sites listed in the makefile. Joe.Warner@smed.com> Joe.Warner@smed.com>Next, I downloaded a newer version of it (1.83) from ftp.freebsd.org but Joe.Warner@smed.com>got the following message after unpacking it Joe.Warner@smed.com>and typing "make" and "make install" from the unpacked minicom directory: Joe.Warner@smed.com>Variable PKGNAME is recursive. Joe.Warner@smed.com> Joe.Warner@smed.com>Finally, I tried downloading and installing minicom-1.83.1.src.tar.gz from Joe.Warner@smed.com>www.pp.clinet.fi/~walker/minicom.html Joe.Warner@smed.com>but couldn't get that to work either. Joe.Warner@smed.com> Joe.Warner@smed.com>Also, I've probably rendered /usr/ports/comms/minicom useless because after Joe.Warner@smed.com>I download the tar file from ftp.freebsd.org and couldn't get it to Joe.Warner@smed.com>install, I copied the entire contents of the unpacked minicom directory Joe.Warner@smed.com>over the top of /usr/ports/comms/minicom, thinking I could do this and then Joe.Warner@smed.com>cd to /usr/ports/comms/minicom, type "make install" and it would work but Joe.Warner@smed.com>it didn't. Joe.Warner@smed.com> Joe.Warner@smed.com>Could someone help me get this port installed? I'd really appreciate some Why did you not use /stand/sysinstall?? Well, you could extract the files to a temporary directory and look at some README in there.... I also think ( I am not sure!) that you can safely go into the /usr/ports/comm/minicom and do a make clean; make deinstall; make reinstall. That should clean the mess.. Alternatively, put the downloaded file ( a binary)in there and do "gunzip < file.tar.tgz | tar xvf -" But /stand/sysinstall does it more painlessly.. -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Systems Administrator Inter-Connect Ltd. 3rd Flr The Chancery Valley Rd PO Box 39519 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: 254 2 711140 Fax: 254 2 718418 The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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