Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:42:14 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Did I miss something? [inatalling terminator] Message-ID: <20200420224214.266961b7.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <c9cc6fb8-9c1e-3087-ced0-60474ae6b9ab@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <20200420191935.GA73334@mithril.foucry.net> <c9cc6fb8-9c1e-3087-ced0-60474ae6b9ab@kicp.uchicago.edu>
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:34:41 -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >=20 >=20 > On 4/20/20 2:19 PM, Jacques Foucry wrote: > > Dear all, > >=20 > > According to this page (https://www.freshports.org/x11/terminator/), us= ing > > latest as pkg repo, I should be able to install 'terminator'. > >=20 > > But, > > ``` > > sudo pkg install terminator > > Password=A0: > > Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... > > FreeBSD repository is up to date. > > All repositories are up to date. > > Updating database digests format: 100% > > pkg: No packages available to install matching 'terminator' have been f= ound in the repositories > > ``` > >=20 > > pkg search terminator did not give me any awswer. > >=20 > > So, what's wrong? What' your thought about it? >=20 > Nothing is wrong, this merely means that terminator is not built and=20 > hence is not distributed as package. There may be several reasons for=20 > that. I can think of some (without regard to any specific package: > [...] > 5. - I'm sure there may be a bunch of other reasons, hopefully some=20 > expert will add and/or correct me 6. The port does not allow binary distribution, i. e., it _has to_ be built from source ("licensing issue"). If I remember correctly, the "lame" MP3 encoder is (or was)=20 an example of such a port - you _had to_ build it from source as there was no package available for use with "pkg install". --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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