Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:21:51 -0500 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@atarininja.org> To: Suhail Choudhury <suhailc@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing/Upgrading Ports Message-ID: <20061115142151.GA62874@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <ca7cee960611150559g1822ae05k7f57ff423dac7e0a@mail.gmail.com> References: <ca7cee960611150559g1822ae05k7f57ff423dac7e0a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 01:59:38PM +0000, Suhail Choudhury wrote: > Hi, > > Why trying to install ports via "sysinstall -> customise -> ports", > whichever location I try, I get the following message: > > Warning: Can't find the `6.1-RELEASE-p10' distribution on this ? x ? > ? ? ? FTP server. You may need to visit a different server > for ? x ? > ? ? ? the release you are trying to fetch or go to the > Options ? x ? > ? ? ? menu and to set the release name to explicitly match > what's ? x ? > ? ? ? available on ftp1.freebsd.org (or set to "any"). > ? x ? > ? ? ? > ? x ? > ? ? ? Would you like to select another FTP server? > > How can I install the ports directory on 6.1-RELEASE-p10? > -- > > Regards, > Suhail. By using cvsup (use pkg_add(1) to install it), or portsnap which is in the base system. The entire process is well documented in the handbook. -- WXS
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