Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:04:28 +0000 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "lrh@alum.mit.edu" <lrh@alum.mit.edu> Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 658, Issue 4 Message-ID: <VI1PR02MB0974736E9F6E8AC3CBCD3D0CF6660@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <mailman.15737.1484130365.4389.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.15737.1484130365.4389.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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On 01/11/17 15:56, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote: > I have purchased the FreeBSD installation DVD from FreeBSD Mall. ?I am in= stalling on a newer AMD 64 system. > I have had no issue with getting FreeBSD UNIX up and running on this mach= ine. ?However, when I try to use either > pkg install xorg > or I try to make the port of most anything (like, for example, emacs), th= e install always fails. > The fail when attempting to use pkg install happens when pkg install trie= s to update the catalogue, where it says there is no address record. ?Then = it says a pkg update is required. Doing a pkg update seems to do nothing an= d the install fails in all events. > Trying to install anything using a make install clean in the port directo= ry appears to die when it can't find pkgconf and, again, says there is no a= ddress record. > What am I doing wrong here? ?I have what appears to be a happily working = FreeBSD UNIX that talks to the Internet just fine and does all the basic th= ings it's supposed to do. ?I want to get X11 and KDE running on this system= . ?I finally got a port from?freebsd.kde.org/ports.php to compile and insta= ll, but I have not been able to install X or anything else (like emacs or p= kgconf). > Any wisdom about this, please? Hi, As Gary already said, this should be something related to incorrect DNS=20 settings. To confirm, do the following : ping 8.8.178.110 ping www.freebsd.org If 1st command works and the 2nd does not, it confirms bad DNS. You can=20 then set things right with : bsdconfig networking If you do not have your own DNS settings, use OpenDNS - that is what I=20 use myself. DNS1 =3D 208.67.222.222; DNS2 =3D 208.67.220.220 Regards Manish Jain
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