Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 07:55:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> To: Christian Burger <cj@raxel.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem installing ports - Newbie Alert! Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008220754020.15955-100000@shell1.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <39A2262E.369C7E8A@raxel.com>
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> when i run 'make' from the ports directory /usr/ports/whatever/ (i did > untar the ports.tgz file from the 1st cdrom) it says that it did not Here's your first problem. Ports will look in /usr/distfiles first for the *.tgz file. If it does not find it, it goes out on the net and FTPs it down. Use pkg_add or /stand/sysinstall to get files that are on the CDROM(s) Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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