Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 17:40:26 -0600 From: "Samuel Chow" <samuelc@samuelstn.dhs.org> To: "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: newbie-can't install ports Message-ID: <008f01c20cea$5ede4220$2784412f@ca.nortel.com> References: <001601c20ce5$538822b0$be83cecd@TCOOPER>
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> when I go to the /user/ports/ I see a bunch of files. Are these
> the files I compile to install the software? Or do I have to be
> connected to the internet to ftp the files because it keeps on
> getting the error message, "Couldn't fetch it - please try to
> retrieve this port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/"
The files you saw are just Makefiles, more like
instructions to the computer on how to compile
the port. However, the actual source codes are
not there. I believe they are on the CD set disc 3
and 4 (someone correct me, I don't have the CD). If
you don't have the CD like me, then yes, you have to
be connected to the Internet.
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Samuel Chow
samuelc@samuelstn.dhs.org
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