On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 01:59:38PM +0000, Suhail Choudhury wrote: > Hi, > > Why trying to install ports via "sysinstall -> customise -> ports", > whichever location I try, I get the following message: > > Warning: Can't find the `6.1-RELEASE-p10' distribution on this ? x ? > ? ? ? FTP server. You may need to visit a different server > for ? x ? > ? ? ? the release you are trying to fetch or go to the > Options ? x ? > ? ? ? menu and to set the release name to explicitly match > what's ? x ? > ? ? ? available on ftp1.freebsd.org (or set to "any"). > ? x ? > ? ? ? > ? x ? > ? ? ? Would you like to select another FTP server? > > How can I install the ports directory on 6.1-RELEASE-p10? > -- > > Regards, > Suhail.
By using cvsup (use pkg_add(1) to install it), or portsnap which is in the base system. The entire process is well documented in the handbook. -- WXS _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"