Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:19:27 -0400 From: Josh Ockert <torstenvl@gmail.com> To: jean <jean@abachamber.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add -r not working Message-ID: <4325E2CF.9090906@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000701c5b7d5$8bf47ce0$0c00a8c0@burning1m7l1yv> References: <000701c5b7d5$8bf47ce0$0c00a8c0@burning1m7l1yv>
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jean wrote: >Hi All, > >I have newly installed FreeBSD, but seem to be having a problem with >pkg_add, when I use pkg_add -r then package name >I get an error: > >pkg_add -r nano >Error: FTP Unable to get >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest >/nano.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) >pkg_add: unable to fetch >'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Lates >t/nano.tbz' by URL > >but if I use pkg_add and then the url it seems to retrieve the packge >with no problems > >pkg_add >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/editors/n >ano-1.2.5.tbz >Fetching >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/editors/n >ano-1.2.5.tbz... Done. >pkg_add: warning: package 'nano-1.2.5' requires 'gettext-0.14.5', but >'gettext-0.13.1_1' is installed > >any help would be appreciated > >Thanks > >Jean > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > packages-5-stable is maintained, i dont think packages-5.3-release still exists. i believe the handbook tells you how to change the base address of pkg_add -r
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