Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 08:55:17 +1100 (EST) From: Keith Anderson <keith@apcs.com.au> To: Nesi Unanaowo <nesi_unanaowo@net.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: /usr/ports question Message-ID: <XFMail.990217085517.keith@apcs.com.au> In-Reply-To: <36C9E452.408BE288@net.com>
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Hi Nesi Make a dir mkdir /usr/ports/distfiles ftp to ftp.freebsd.org and 'cd' to cd /pub/FreeBSD/distfiles ftp in the gz file quit go back to the make all install Keith On 16-Feb-99 Nesi Unanaowo wrote: > Hi, > I have just reinstalled my OS (3.0) In the /usr/ports/print > directory for example there are packages that i would like to use > but these packages have not been properly installed even though > they are no longer in the compressed tar format. > How do I get these packages to install properly? Do I need to > reinstall the ports from the CD? An attempt to do a "make" > in the /usr/ports/print directory failed with error messages > suggesting that it did not find the appropriate packages in the > correct format. There was even a suggestion of manually > installing these packages into /usr/ports/disfiles directory which > right now is empty. > TIA > Nesi > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --- "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed FreeBSD." ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Keith Anderson <keith@apcs.com.au> Date: 17-Feb-99 Time: 08:52:06 Satelite Service 64K to 2Meg This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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