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Hello again, I'm just returning a final note as you have supplied me with the solution, many thanks. I ditched my 4.6.2R, and found another version in my old stack of CDs' the 4.7 version, and installed like a charm, as you suggested, I did a minimal install and fetched all relevant distributions VIA FTP, and everything compiled perfectly along with Apache.. Why I didn't get the 5.3 as you suggested, well, my CD burner is still fried, and I'm not able to replace it anytime soon. so the luck of finding the 4.7 in my overly large inventory of CDs' was a miracle :) Again many thanks for throwing me in the right direction, if I need anything else, I will surely return to you via email :) Best regards. Marc. At 10:57 AM 2/10/2005 +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: .:PBS:. Medik wrote: I installed my copy of 4.6.2 cleanly on a machine, to avoid having to find myself looking for more ports and programs to install I did a complete installation without bothering with the configuration of Xwindows ( as I will be accessing this box from SSH on a windows machine) so I don't need the XFREE86 or however its called, hehe. So in essence this is all being fine tuned by remote on LAN. First, 4.6 is depreciated, since you are starting on a clean install, I suggest you start with a current release such as 4.11 or 5.3. For ease of future upgrade, I suggest 5.3. Get the first iso, no need for the rest. Second, you might find yourself installing a few times before you get it right. Not that you get it wrong at first, but your needs might need to clear up. A full install is not recommended, you will get a system that requires more work to update. A minimal is better, since you can always add stuff as you need. Dependencies are resolved automatically if you use the ports. For a workstation I choose X-Developer, for a server, no X. To answer your question about whether I'm downloading .iso, no I did that for the first copy of the OS only and made a cd copy from windows yes. But all further ports I grab are *.tar.gz straight from Apache.org yes and then ftp'd into my bsd box. I can unzip them fine then I'm stuck with the tar to which I believe I 'untared' it correctly that now I have an apache_1.3.33 folder, which to me seems fine, but I don't believe I put it in the right directory tree. It sounds like you are not installing from ports, this explains why apache fails to compile. You should get the ports tree in /usr/ports, then # cd /usr/ports/www/apache13 # make # make install if you get an error, retry and you can catch all the output using script: # script apache_build.log # make # exit see if you can locate the problem if not copy the relevant part of the output when asking here. cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello, My name is Marc. I'll explain quickly my situation, some time ago I had downloaded freeBSD4.6.2 R (about 2 yrs ago) I still have it today and proceeded to reinstalling it. I realize I should have grabbed the latest release, but alas for some reason I can't through my router. Yes I'm running a private network on windows, (for the time being until I can adequately configure freebsd as a server). When I had gotten my first copy of freebsd (this release in question) I had taught myself how to use it. but this is over 2 yrs ago, and lots have melted away since. So in essence I'm again labelled a newbie. I tried re-building my kernel and was forced to reinstall the generic kernel, further more, I would also like to be able to install the Apache web server, I managed to get the Apache_1.3.33 but for some reason it wont compile (make), I have assumed that perhaps it was already compiled and tried to do a config or an install to it and still nothing.. what am I doing wrong? Yes I have already literally downloaded and printed several man pages on multiple topics (over 180 pages worth) and I still can't make heads or tails from it. I assume your time is limited as mine is, I'm a business owner with little time to dedicate to my personal project and I don't have anyone knowledgeable enough on hand to get any personal help. My question is this, would it be at all possible to have a form of 1 on 1 to resolve this issue? I await your response eagerly. Thank you greatly for any help you can provide. Marc ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thank you for replying so quickly. And to further tell you my problem here goes: I installed my copy of 4.6.2 cleanly on a machine, to avoid having to find myself looking for more ports and programs to install I did a complete installation without bothering with the configuration of Xwindows ( as I will be accessing this box from SSH on a windows machine) so I don't need the XFREE86 or however its called, hehe. So in essence this is all being fine tuned by remote on LAN. To answer your question about whether I'm downloading .iso, no I did that for the first copy of the OS only and made a cd copy from windows yes. But all further ports I grab are *.tar.gz straight from Apache.org yes and then ftp'd into my bsd box. I can unzip them fine then I'm stuck with the tar to which I believe I 'untared' it correctly that now I have an apache_1.3.33 folder, which to me seems fine, but I don't believe I put it in the right directory tree. Also I have printed out the better part of the FBSD handbook, but right now I think I'm having an info overload. I've been at this for roughly 2 weeks now, out of stubbornness I didn't wish to disturb anyone with this, but my buddy who tutored me way back when has since gone away. I can supply you with more info if you wish, as this is perhaps only the tip of my iceburg.. :) Thanks again, -Marc ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
