From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Dec 17 20:19:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA11857 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:19:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tahoe.sierranv.net (sierranv.net [208.8.112.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA11851 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:19:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dakid@sierranv.net) Received: from dakid.sierranv.net (max01-31.sierranv.net [208.8.113.31]) by tahoe.sierranv.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with SMTP id UAA10077 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:18:57 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: tahoe.sierranv.net: Host max01-31.sierranv.net [208.8.113.31] claimed to be dakid.sierranv.net Message-ID: <000201be2a3d$6b4e0740$0200a8c0@dakid.sierranv.net> From: "Noel Miller" To: Subject: STOP. *** error code 1 Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:17:00 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE29FA.3414E520" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE29FA.3414E520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear HELP people, I'm a green-pea when it comes to "Unix" but.. here goes I have FREEBSD: FreeBSD/i386 (#hostname) (ttyv1) ver 3.0=20 Installed on pent 200 MMX 48 Meg RAM, 3.2 gig HDD, etc I installed the ports off the CD. Perhaps I am simply re-installing the = application. The problem I have is, I don't know how to execute a program. I also = can't figure out how to read data off devices like the floppy drive or = CD-drive. I don't have X-windows and don't have an easy way to put it on = the machine right now. When I try to install a port like this: If you tried this yourself, you may well have got something like this at = the start:- # make install >> ElectricFence-2.0.5.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist on this system. >> Attempting to fetch from = ftp://ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk/Mirrors/sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/lang/c/. Stop.*** Error code 1Thank you for your helpNoel ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE29FA.3414E520 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear HELP=20 people,
 
I'm a = green-pea when it=20 comes to "Unix" but.. here goes
I = have=20 FREEBSD:
FreeBSD/i386=20 (#hostname) (ttyv1)
ver = 3.0=20
 
Installed on pent=20 200 MMX 48 Meg RAM, 3.2 gig HDD, etc
 
I installed = the ports off=20 the CD. Perhaps I am simply re-installing the=20 application.
The = problem I have is,=20 I don't know how to execute a program. I also can't figure out how to = read data=20 off devices like the floppy drive or CD-drive. I don't have X-windows = and don't=20 have an easy way to put it on the machine right now.
 
When I try = to install a=20 port like this:
 

If you tried this yourself, you may well = have got=20 something like this at the start:-

# make install
>> ElectricFence-2.0.5.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist on this =
system.
>> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk/Mirrors/sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/lan=
g/c/.
Stop.
*** Error code 1
 
Thank you for your help
 
 
Noel
 
 
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