From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 21 23: 1:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kabel203069.kabel.utwente.nl (kabel203069.kabel.utwente.nl [130.89.203.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F04E37B416 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:01:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by kabel203069.kabel.utwente.nl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 36C461F88; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:01:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:01:35 +0100 From: Rogier Steehouder To: rloc Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and installing ports Message-ID: <20011122080135.B576@localhost> Mail-Followup-To: Rogier Steehouder , rloc , questions@FreeBSD.org References: <3BFC3A23.C5B002E4@iafrica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3BFC3A23.C5B002E4@iafrica.com>; from rloc@iafrica.com on Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:34:59PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 21-11-2001 23:34 (+0000), rloc wrote: > During the install off the CDs I selected a number of ports to be > installed and this seemed to work since I can find them under > /usr/ports/xyz/abc. > > If I mount the relevant CD in the drive and do cd > /usr/ports/astro/xworld ((for example) and then type "make" > The system says that xworld-2.0.tar.gz is not in /usr/ports/distinfo and > then attempts to FTP this file rather than read the CD. The CD files are > all in .tgz format anyway. The ports collection in /usr/ports is used to compile and install programs from their source code, which is downloaded from the Internet. pkg_add uses pre-compiled packages, which can be downloaded or read from CD. > I have been advised to do a pkg_add command but this results in a > "package already installed" message. This seems to indicate the package has already been installed. Try to find the program (usually in /usr/local/bin). An indication on which package(s) you're trying to install would allow for more specific pointers. With kind regards, Rogier Steehouder -- ___ _ -O_\ // | / Rogier Steehouder //\ / \ r.j.s@gmx.net // \ <---------------------- 25m ----------------------> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message