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Date:      Sat, 22 Jun 2002 12:59:11 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Ganesh Kumar <al_ganesh@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Urgent -  ports install error - pls help !
Message-ID:  <3D14ACDF.3040302@potentialtech.com>
References:  <F252UlWuMT8l4H8mmi80001ec11@hotmail.com>

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Ganesh Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> I am unable to install the ports in my machine.When I use the 
> /cdrom/ports/install.sh it seems to install everything but when I give ,

No, installing that does not install everything.  It only installs "config"
files that explain to the system how to get the necessary files and install
them.
If you wanted to install EVERYTHING for all the ports, you would need mucho
gigabytes.

> # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/mkisofs
> #make
> 
> I get,"Fetching from ftp://...".mkisofs.tgz not found in 
> /usr/ports/distfile.

Do you have a net connection from this machine?  It looks like you're unable
to connect to the Internet to download the necessary files.  mkisofs may be
on the CD. Read this page and see if it helps you:
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-using.html

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com


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