Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:20:43 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Compat6x-amd64 Package Message-ID: <32.93.25924.5B393895@dnvrco-omsmta02> References: <B9406B114DF20F47829FC60C1B761A44BBACD4C1@PMPLWEXM1003.dsglobal.org>
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> I'm attempting to install VMware Tools on a server running FreeBSD 8.4 but have been unable to do so due to the following error:
> The VMware Tools for FreeBSD 8.4 depend on libraries provided by the compat6x-amd64 package. Unfortunately we were unable to locate these libraries on your system. Please install the compat6x-amd64 package from the FreeBSD Ports
> Tree before you attempt to configure VMware Tools.
> The easiest way to install this package is by using pkg_add utility. Refer to the man pages on how to properly use this utility.
> Please re-run this program after installing the compat6x-amd64 package.
> Execution aborted.
> I tried pulling the compat6x-amd64 package, but the file could not be found.
> [zsroot@NSS /tmp]$ pkg_add -r compat6x
> Error: Unable to get ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.4-release/Latest/compat6x.tbz' by URL
> Is there an alternate location that I could pull the compat6x-amd64 package from?
> Thank you,
> Nathan Krauss
> IT Security Specialist
> Voya Financial(r)
I looked in the Makefile at MASTER_SITES. URL is
http://people.freebsd.org/~mnag/compat6x/
There were various compat6x.*.tar.bz2 files for
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compat6x-alpha-6.2.602110.200706.tar.bz2 3523193 2007-Jun-20 02:26
compat6x-alpha-6.3.602114.200711.tar.bz2 3800017 2007-Nov-23 12:31
compat6x-alpha-6.3.603000.200801.tar.bz2 3811332 2008-Feb-26 01:04
compat6x-alpha-6.4.604000.200810.tar.bz2 3809180 2008-Oct-17 02:27
compat6x-amd64-6.2.602110.200706.tar.bz2 5482273 2007-Jun-20 02:26
compat6x-amd64-6.3.602114.200711.tar.bz2 5816908 2007-Nov-23 12:32
compat6x-amd64-6.3.603000.200801.tar.bz2 5846035 2008-Feb-26 01:04
compat6x-amd64-6.4.604000.200810.tar.bz2 6445228 2008-Oct-17 02:29
compat6x-i386-6.2.602110.200706.tar.bz2 2899222 2007-Jun-20 02:26
compat6x-i386-6.3.602114.200711.tar.bz2 3115554 2007-Nov-23 12:32
compat6x-i386-6.3.603000.200801.tar.bz2 3132679 2008-Feb-26 01:03
compat6x-i386-6.4.604000.200810.tar.bz2 3133715 2008-Oct-17 02:29
compat6x-sparc64-6.2.602110.200706.tar.bz2 3068995 2007-Jun-20 02:26
compat6x-sparc64-6.3.602114.200711.tar.bz2 3288177 2007-Nov-23 12:32
compat6x-sparc64-6.3.603000.200801.tar.bz2 3308405 2008-Feb-26 01:04
compat6x-sparc64-6.4.604000.200810.tar.bz2 3313585 2008-Oct-17 02:30
Tom
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