Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:00:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: techno@usa.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP! XFree86 3.2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970121115820.25512B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <32E05CB9.F5A@unbc.edu>
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On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Techno wrote: > K, the problem is I want to install this, but when I go into the > packages section (/stand/sysinstall) it shows Xfree86-3.2 , well then > when I click to add it, I am told the files can not be found (Im useing > ftp.freeBSD.com by the way) , so hmm, I go into ftp.freebsd.com and for > sure, that makes sense, Xfree86 isn't in the packages dir, its in its > own dir What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? There have been some path problems with the installs since ftp.freebsd.org's symlinks aren't quite right. I haven't been able to track it down though, so if you find it, let us know so we can fix it. > /pub/freebsd/packages/XF8632 = nope > /pub/freebsd/XF8632 = ya there she is. Xfree is NOT a package. There's a precompiled distribution and a port, but not a package. > but how do I tell sysinstall where to find Xfree86 ? I have the files on > my DOS partition, but thats even worse, some reason it doesn't work, > some read/write error, I have them in > > /FreeBSD/XF8632/ > > should they be in > > /pub/FreeBSD/XF8632/ > > even though the read me says the prior is correct ? What install type is this? DOS? FTP? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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