hello,
the handbook directions seem direct and specific. but
#pkg_add -r openoffice
...
produces:
Error: FTP Unable to get
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/openoffice.tbz:
File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
pkg_add: unable to fetch
Kenyon Ralph wrote:
On 3/21/06, David Armour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the handbook directions seem direct and specific. but
#pkg_add -r openoffice
...
produces:
Error: FTP Unable to get
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/openoffice.tbz:
File unavailable
* David Armour dfarmour at myrealbox.com wrote:
the handbook directions seem direct and specific. but
#pkg_add -r openoffice
...
produces:
Error: FTP Unable to get
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/openoffice.tbz:
File unavailable (e.g., file not found
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 02:44:02PM -0800, David Armour wrote:
the handbook directions seem direct and specific. but
#pkg_add -r openoffice
...
produces:
Error: FTP Unable to get
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/openoffice.tbz:
File unavailable (e.g
as a relatively-complete newb, even after several years, i believe i owe a lot
of what i have learned in that time to your book. it's a pleasure to have the
opportunity to thank you publically for your book, and now, for your generosity
in donating it to the creative commons.
you even got me to
hello list
in the middle of installing freebsd [6.1 b1] over an earlier
ubuntu trial during transfer from CD to hard drive, i began to
see unable to transfer ... from acd0 error messages for first
the doc, manpages, dict, and base distributions. i switched the
install media to ftp and
hello rob,
from /usr/ports/UPDATING:
20051113:
AFFECTS: users of x11/xterm, x11/xorg-clients, x11/XFree86-4-clients
AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xterm no longer installs with '-static' prefix. Users should upgrade
XFree86-clients to 4.5.0_1 or xorg-clients to 6.8.2_1 or newer before
hello listers,
I'm getting the following error while trying to cvsup:
# [...earlier output appended below ... (*more* available!]
** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed)
! x11/kdebase3 (kdebase-3.4.2_2)(unknown build
error)
* x11-themes/kdeartwork3
hello greg,
thank you for your reply.
i seem to recall a perl something or other flashing by on one of
those root terminal screens. how does one preserve the
information on those screensful?
man script
Use script to capture your entire upgrade process for analysis. Look
not only
hello.
some recent root mail output that i would like some translation for, or
direction where to begin to find out:
Gateway.fbsd_dfa.org setuid diffs:
10c10
1042185 -rws--x--x 1 root wheel 252796 May 11 08:04:17
2005 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm-static
---
1040675 -rws--x--x 1 root wheel
thanks for your reply.
some recent root mail output that i would like some translation
1040675 -rws--x--x 1 root wheel 252956 Sep 23 07:44:21
2005 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm-static
Did you upgrade your X installation on September 23?
i hesitate to use the term, but Doh! that'd be it.
On Thursday 22 September 2005 22:18, Peter Clutton wrote:
On 9/22/05, David Armour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i was trying to install the plugger-plugins-hubbe port as a
i have the directed output file (make_failure_file),
gnomelogalyzer.sh, and pages of non-helpful googled info.
When
hello greg,
thanks for your response.
snip
In a couple of cases where I had issues like this with gnome
installation (and the XML-Parser thing sounds awfully
familiar), I think I found that it was most efficient to do
the gnome faq, as well as the information that the gnomelogalyzer
puts
hello,
thank you for your reply.
i have the directed output file (make_failure_file),
gnomelogalyzer.sh,
/bin/sh gnomelogalyzer.sh make_failure_file
[checking my head for glasses, before asking where are my glasses?]
... to presume further on your kindness, a follow-up question: i
hello list!
i was trying to install the plugger-plugins-hubbe port as a way to get
plugins to work with firefox. . .
=== Configuring for libgda2-1.2.2_1
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g
wheel
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for
hello list!
5. Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 110, Issue 20 (David Armour)
Message: 5 WAS: * Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa
/tmp/portupgrade84798.26 make
From: Vizion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What were the lines before:
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports
Message: 32
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:34:33 +0800
From: Yuan Jue [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you upgraded the nspr port? I have almost the same problem
when I didn't upgrade it to the newest version.
without your message, i wouldn't have noticed nspr needs updating
on my pkg_version
hello,
newbie alert
trying to upgrade firefox port... from firefox-1.0.4,1 to
firefox-1.0.6_4,1. using root shell in xfce4 in fbsd 5.3b6.
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla'
gmake: *** [default] Error 2
*** Error code 2
Stop in /usr/ports/www/firefox.
** Command
hello,
On a more serious note, am I the only one who has been
getting hiccups of freebsd-questions mail from last year? I
just got a bunch of traffic (including one of the previous
incarnations of this abysmal Beastie logo non-debate) from
late December, all posts that I had seen before.
thank you for your reply.
thanks for any suggestions, short of suicide. :c)
Well, no one's likely to endorse suicide as a technical support
you've never worked in a kitchen? [i'm going to stop now, before i tromp on
any more sensibilities.]
It doesn't matter where the file is now that you
hello,
I'm getting more and more tempted to start up a wiki for newbies on good
package management practices and port management.
get on with that, wouldya?
The handbook seems to deal well with these things once you know
lots of ways to get yourself into lots of deep water, yes. and a
hello,
reading the manpages for pkg_add pkg_create have left me no wiser.
i'm still confused as to how to use pkg_add to replace a wonky opera 8 with a
patched opera 8.01. the handbook instructions i have advise:
...
226 Transfer complete.
92375 bytes received in 5.60 seconds (16.11 KB/s)
ftp
16. Trouble with XFree86 Configuration (Naomi Fernandez)
I'm having a devil of a time trying to configure XFree86 Server and Desktop
in FreeBSD 5.3.
hello,
i hope i'm not giving you incorrect info, but i remember something to do with
FreeBSD switching from XFree86 to Xorg, 'round about
:35PM -0700, David Armour wrote:
pkg_info | sort | sed -e 's/-[0-9].*$//' | uniq -c | grep -v
'^[[:space:]]*1'
0) pkg_info= list all packages installed. yep
1) sort= sort resulting list by package name. gotcha.
2) sed -e 's/-[0-9].*$//' = delete everything after a dash
hello,
sorry: clicked wrong icon, truncated my reply/question. i think.
i hope my lame-ish attempt at 'homework' doesn't screw with the list charter.
i offer it in a spirit of open-source newbie encouragement.
[note from previous message, orphaned by my mistake: [a] In a context address,
any
hello,
I just used the following log-on tip to produce the list of duplicate
pkg/ports installations below.
pkg_info | sort | sed -e 's/-[0-9].*$//' | uniq -c | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*1'
3 autoconf
3 automake
6 docbook
2 gcc
2 glib
2 gtk
2 libtool
2 perl
2
hello Roland,
On Wednesday, March 30, 2005: 07:54, Roland Smith wrote:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 06:45:10PM -0800, Andrew Heyn wrote:
plugging your recommendation onto the command line produced:
/etc/devfs.conf:permxpt00666#permissions are set properly at
boot
A couple of
hello Danny,
thanks for your help, and sorry for the delay getting back to you.
/etc/devfs.conf:permxpt00666#permissions are set properly at
boot
... i'll have to take another google around, later
perm means permissions are being set, xpt0 is the device ('ls /dev') 0666
are
hello,
i hope i'm replying correctly. do i reply to: all, author, or mailing list?
i'm grateful for replies i've received so far, and impressed that it's come
in faster than i'm able to actually take advantage of, what with work going
on.
[partially snipped for clarity]
#permissions: No
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:17:47 + (UTC)
From: Christopher Nehren [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2005-03-27, David Armour scribbled these
chmod:
#permissions: No such file or directory
chmod:
are: No such file or directory
chmod:
set: No such file or directory
chmod:
properly
hello
i've looked in the handbook, searched the archives, but can't find out what
the following lines in my dmesg might mean.
snippage
Starting cron.
chmod:
#permissions: No such file or directory
chmod:
are: No such file or directory
chmod:
set: No such file or directory
chmod:
Hello Toomas,
Thanks a lot for your reply!
Before starting the installation, issue this command:
script /var/tmp/portinstall.log
After finishing the installation ...
exit
That worked perfectly. There's a number of Error code 1s in there. But at least I
can read up on 'em in a
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