From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 13 16:01:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E14F216A418 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:01:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@strassmann.com) Received: from mail95.messagelabs.com (mail95.messagelabs.com [216.82.241.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91FC813C4A5 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:01:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@strassmann.com) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: steve@strassmann.com X-Msg-Ref: server-4.tower-95.messagelabs.com!1187019266!35515544!1 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.12.11; banners=.,-,- X-Originating-IP: [193.253.159.194] Received: (qmail 20734 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2007 15:34:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO altair.orange.us) (193.253.159.194) by server-4.tower-95.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 13 Aug 2007 15:34:27 -0000 Received: from manchester.strassmann.com (unknown [192.168.174.82]) by altair.orange.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D3E1883F1 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:34:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20070813112406.0475e3f0@qs1473.pair.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:34:55 -0400 To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org From: Steve Strassmann In-Reply-To: <20070813233051.75256cd7@localhost> References: <20070813172021.50f1440c@localhost> <20070813233051.75256cd7@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: trouble getting and installing FreeBSD-Java (2) X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:01:08 -0000 At 09:30 AM 8/13/2007, you wrote: > > Since I am on a FreeBSD machine hosted (and managed) by pair.com, > I don't have > > sudo, and I am not an expert on FreeBSD. > >have you got access to root at all? is this is a "virtual server" >you have with Pair, or a shared hosting account? It is a 'virtual server', so it's not shared, but they still don't give me root or sudo privileges. They maintain the core in heavily standardized way so there's no chance to upgrade to a post-4.8 FreeBSD. >You may be able to install software from ports as a user (eg, >non-root) by changing some critical environment settings, but I've >never done it... maybe someone else can say whether it is doable at >all or not ? ( someone could be Google too ;) ) It looks like I can almost add packages myself, but diablo-jdk depends on xorg-libraries, which I cannot locate. pair.com> pkg_add -nv diablo-jdk-freebsd5.i386.1.5.0.07.01.tbz Requested space: 218528784 bytes, free space: 4632469504 bytes in /var/tmp/instmp.63C9by Package 'diablo-jdk-1.5.0.07.01' depends on 'xorg-libraries-6.9.0' with 'x11/xorg-libraries' origin. and was not found. Package 'diablo-jdk-1.5.0.07.01' depends on 'javavmwrapper-2.0_6' with 'java/javavmwrapper' origin. - already installed. pkg_add: 1 package addition(s) failed I located a 7.2_2 version of xorg-libraries using "http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=^xorg-libraries": pair.com> pkg_add -r xorg-libraries-7.2_2 Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/Latest/xorg-libraries-7.2_2.tgz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/Latest/xorg-libraries-7.2_2.tgz' by URL I checked the contents of the directory returned by "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/Latest/" but it contains no files matching "xorg", except for linux-xorg-libs. So I tried that in desperation, but that doesn't work: pair.com> pkg_add -r linux-xorg-libs Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/Latest/linux-xorg-libs.tgz... Done. pkg_add: read_plist: bad command '@conflicts linux-XFree86-libs' OK, so I downloaded from http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/ports/x11/xorg-libraries/xorg-libraries.tar.gz?tarball=1 and tried to make it myself: pair.com> cd xorg-libraries pair.com> make "/usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk", line 6: Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue pair.com> make install "/usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk", line 6: Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue pair.com> ls /usr/ports ls: ports: Permission denied pair.com> ls -l /usr | grep ports drwxr-x--- 3 root wheel 512 Jan 8 2004 ports/ And no, I have no sudo privileges so I can't read /usr/ports. So I can't tell if pkg_add actually can install anything. It seems like all it needs is xorg-libraries but as you can see pkg_add -r is unable to locate it. Can you provide me with a URL to locate this? thanks, Steve ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________