Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:05:19 +1000 From: Jim Mock <jim@blues.ghis.net> To: media@mail1.nai.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install ports from .tgz on disk?? Message-ID: <19990510160518.B42828@blues.ghis.net> In-Reply-To: <v03130301b35bc1540c71@[209.150.38.84]> References: <v0313030db357e409754d@[209.150.34.161]> <v0313030db357e409754d@[209.150.34.161]> <19990507150524.A61232@blues.ghis.net> <v03130301b35bc1540c71@[209.150.38.84]>
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On Sun, 09 May 1999 at 23:00:18 -0400, media@mail1.nai.net wrote: [snip..] > >> Is there anyway I can use ports with tarballs I already have > >> saved to my primary DOS partion?? > > > >A few ways should work.. > > > >1) mount the dos partition and move the tarballs from your dos > > partition to /usr/ports/distfiles (since that's where the ports > > look for them) > > Thanx!! I tried that. It wouldn't let me use mv, but cp worked. > I went to /usr/ports/www/lynx and typed "make install" but I got > the same error message: Hmmm.. are you sure the right tarball for lynx is in /usr/ports/distfiles? > ## Couldn't fetch it -- please try to retrieve this > ## port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles and try again > > So how do I "port manually" ?? You manually stick the tarball for the port in /usr/ports/distfiles instead of letting fetch do it for you (which is what you've been trying to accomplish). -- - Jim Mock - jim@blues.ghis.net - systems administrator - ghis.NET - - work: http://www.ghis.net/ - personal: http://www.ghis.net/~jim/ - - FreeBSD 'zine: http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - - FreeBSD: http://advocacy.freebsd.org/ - jim@advocacy.FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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