Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:56:11 +0200 From: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> To: Patrick Simon <mailsimon@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to install the port collection? Message-ID: <20000611095610.H209@denary.brwn.org> In-Reply-To: <PDEKLDAKBLNOKBKEGKNOKEGJCAAA.mailsimon@gmx.net>; from mailsimon@gmx.net on Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 03:00:13AM -0400 References: <PDEKLDAKBLNOKBKEGKNOKEGJCAAA.mailsimon@gmx.net>
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Hi, Have a look at the man pages for the ports(7) collection. man ports On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 03:00:13AM -0400, Patrick Simon wrote: > I already installed the port collection with sysinstall and rebooted my > system. But what do I have to do in order to use bash now? When I change to > the directory I get following listing:: > > /usr/ports/shells/bash2 > . > .. > Makefile > README.html > files // directory > patches // directory > pkg // directory > > -- end -- > > And someone told me I have to type the following command to "really" install > the particular application. > > make install > > but then I get the follwing error message: > > bash-2.03-tar.gz doesn't seem to exist on this system. > Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/. > fetch: ftp.gnu.org: Host name lookup failure When you run make, it looks to see if the source archive for the file is in the /usr/ports/distfiles directory. If it is not it tries to fetch it from a list of servers on the Internet. I hope I got this right. It seems that your are either not connected to the Internet or the /etc/resolv.conf file is not set-up correctly. man resolv.conf Did you install from the cd? There is quite a few pre-compiled packages on the distribution cds. This includes bash. You can also get them from ftp.freebsd.org. > etc. ... > > Well I don't have an internet connection on that computer ... and besides > that I thought I already installed the port collection with sysinstall? > So if anyone can help me out, please reply. Thanks a lot. > > mail: mailsimon@gmx.net > Regards. Willem Brown -- /* =============================================================== */ /* Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD. The choice is yours. */ /* =============================================================== */ If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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