Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:29:55 -0800 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: repository of pre-compiled packages for powerpc? Message-ID: <54D934E3.9020407@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CACcTwYnuevf-K=pRM%2BW6OFrtQeQbXtWNe7W2nuotGQb6s_Of3A@mail.gmail.com> References: <6A193C95-31B9-4C85-A7EE-CA98A3063981@pobox.com> <CACcTwYnuevf-K=pRM%2BW6OFrtQeQbXtWNe7W2nuotGQb6s_Of3A@mail.gmail.com>
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There are some older unofficial packages at http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/powerpc-10-packages. I'm currently setting up an official build machine using a quad-core POWER8 system, but need to work through some performance issues. -Nathan On 02/09/15 14:17, Bill Sorenson wrote: > As of now I don't think there is an official repository for anything not > arm or x86 or x64. I've toyed with the idea of setting up a PPC build > machine for an unofficial repo, haven't gotten around to it. > > -Bill > On Feb 9, 2015 3:57 PM, "Rick Thomas" <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote: > >> I’ve installed FreeBSD 10.1 RELEASE on a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver. It >> seems to work reasonably well, but the pkg command seems to have a problem >> finding its repositories… Am I doing something wrong? >> >>> [root@grey ~]# pkg search port >>> pkg: Repository FreeBSD missing. 'pkg update' required >>> pkg: http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:10:powerpc/latest/meta.txz: Not >> Found >>> pkg: http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:10:powerpc/latest/packagesite.txz: >> Not Found >>> pkg: Repository FreeBSD cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required >>> [root@grey ~]# env >>> HOST=grey.rcthomas.org >>> SHELL=/bin/csh >>> TERM=xterm-256color >>> GROUP=wheel >>> USER=root >>> HOSTTYPE=FreeBSD >>> PAGER=more >>> >> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin >>> MAIL=/var/mail/root >>> BLOCKSIZE=K >>> PWD=/root >>> EDITOR=vi >>> SHLVL=2 >>> HOME=/root >>> OSTYPE=FreeBSD >>> VENDOR=motorola >>> LOGNAME=root >>> MACHTYPE=powerpc >> >> Compiling ports takes *lots* of time on this decade old machine (700MHz, >> single core, 1GB RAM) — not fun! >> >> Thanks! >> Rick >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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