Re: Newbie question about pkg_add

2008-10-28 Thread Steven Susbauer
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:14:34AM +0800, Canhua wrote: Hi, good day all. I am new to FreeBSD. I tried to pkg_add -r a package (py-networkx), which tell me that: Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/ FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.0-release/Latest/py

Re: Errors with pkg_add

2008-06-05 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Phusion [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am running FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE i386 and am having problems with pkg_add. I can install packages as the root user without problems. - pkg_add -r packages, works when running as root - pkg_add -r packages, errors out when using sudo % sudo pkg_add -r

Errors with pkg_add

2008-06-04 Thread Phusion
I am running FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE i386 and am having problems with pkg_add. I can install packages as the root user without problems. - pkg_add -r packages, works when running as root - pkg_add -r packages, errors out when using sudo % sudo pkg_add -r openssl Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp4

Re: Errors with pkg_add

2008-06-04 Thread prad
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:27:09 -0500 Phusion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - pkg_add -r packages, works when running as root - pkg_add -r packages, errors out when using sudo i found something similar. i think this may be because the sudo only works to execute the pkg_add, but not handle subsequent

Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-04-01 Thread Kris Kennaway
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... extract: execute '/usr/local/bin/xmlcatmgr -sc /usr/local/share/sgml/catalog.ports add linuxdoc/catalog' xmlcatmgr: unbalanced arguments for `add' action pkg_add: command '/usr/local/bin/xmlcatmgr -sc /usr/local/share/sgml/catalog.ports add linuxdoc/catalog

Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-03-31 Thread Kris Kennaway
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe this is the same as the error message I saw originally (when I had not specified -v, so it wasn't buried among a pile of other stuff): xmlcatmgr: unbalanced arguments for `add' action # pkg_add -Kv linuxdoc* Requested space: 36624 bytes, free space: 774946816

Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-03-31 Thread perryh
... extract: execute '/usr/local/bin/xmlcatmgr -sc /usr/local/share/sgml/catalog.ports add linuxdoc/catalog' xmlcatmgr: unbalanced arguments for `add' action pkg_add: command '/usr/local/bin/xmlcatmgr -sc /usr/local/share/sgml/catalog.ports add linuxdoc/catalog' failed ... That looks

pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-03-30 Thread perryh
-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 # ls -l linuxdoc* -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 9156 Feb 24 08:18 linuxdoc-1.1_1.tbz # pkg_add -Kv linuxdoc* Requested space: 36624 bytes, free space: 774981632 bytes in /var/tmp/instmp

Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-03-30 Thread Kris Kennaway
-a FreeBSD fbsd70.uucp 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 # ls -l linuxdoc* -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 9156 Feb 24 08:18 linuxdoc-1.1_1.tbz # pkg_add -Kv linuxdoc* Requested space: 36624 bytes, free space

Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-03-30 Thread perryh
installed, even though the prior attempt failed. ... # ls -l linuxdoc* -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 9156 Feb 24 08:18 linuxdoc-1.1_1.tbz # pkg_add -Kv linuxdoc* Requested space: 36624 bytes, free space: 774981632 bytes in /var/tmp/instmp.3DBbHN pkg_add: package 'linuxdoc-1.1_1' or its

Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-03-30 Thread Kris Kennaway
that the package is already installed, even though the prior attempt failed. ... # ls -l linuxdoc* -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 9156 Feb 24 08:18 linuxdoc-1.1_1.tbz # pkg_add -Kv linuxdoc* Requested space: 36624 bytes, free space: 774981632 bytes in /var/tmp/instmp.3DBbHN pkg_add: package 'linuxdoc-1.1_1' or its

Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-03-30 Thread perryh
What you showed does not indicate a failure. If you are saying that the package wasn't actually installed completely, then pkg_delete it and retry. I am not saying that the package was installed incompletely, incorrectly, or something else because I don't know which of those applies. *The

Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-03-30 Thread Kris Kennaway
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What you showed does not indicate a failure. If you are saying that the package wasn't actually installed completely, then pkg_delete it and retry. I am not saying that the package was installed incompletely, incorrectly, or something else because I don't know which

Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0

2008-03-30 Thread perryh
I believe this is the same as the error message I saw originally (when I had not specified -v, so it wasn't buried among a pile of other stuff): xmlcatmgr: unbalanced arguments for `add' action # pkg_add -Kv linuxdoc* Requested space: 36624 bytes, free space: 774946816 bytes in /var/tmp

Using ports and pkg_add over HTTP

2008-03-04 Thread Attila GOLONCSER
Hi all, is there any possible way to use the FreeBSD package management over HTTP? I can't access FTP from my network. As I know I can install over HTTP, but how can I use pkg_add -r and ports over HTTP? Thanks, Attila ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Using ports and pkg_add over HTTP

2008-03-04 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 04 March 2008 13:20:05 Attila GOLONCSER wrote: is there any possible way to use the FreeBSD package management over HTTP? I can't access FTP from my network. As I know I can install over HTTP, but how can I use pkg_add -r and ports over HTTP? By setting PACKAGESITE to one

Re: Using ports and pkg_add over HTTP

2008-03-04 Thread RW
pkg_add -r and ports over HTTP? By setting PACKAGESITE And for ports, you can add the following in make.conf to make the ports prefer http servers for distfiles: MASTER_SORT_REGEX?= ^http:// (Incidentally I used to do this because my ISP favoured http over ftp in its traffic shaping) If you

Re: passive ftp transfer with pkg_add

2008-01-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
Norman Maurer wrote: Am Montag, den 28.01.2008, 07:19 +0100 schrieb Zbigniew Szalbot: Hello, I have been trying to install KDE by using pkg_add -r kde but the download is always failing. Reading man pkg_add I see a reference to change the FTP mode to passive if the download constantly fails

Re: passive ftp transfer with pkg_add

2008-01-28 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hi there, 2008/1/28, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Norman Maurer wrote: Am Montag, den 28.01.2008, 07:19 +0100 schrieb Zbigniew Szalbot: Hello, I have been trying to install KDE by using pkg_add -r kde but the download is always failing. Reading man pkg_add I see a reference

passive ftp transfer with pkg_add

2008-01-27 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, I have been trying to install KDE by using pkg_add -r kde but the download is always failing. Reading man pkg_add I see a reference to change the FTP mode to passive if the download constantly fails. However, man does not say which file should be edited to change it. I tried pkgtools.conf

Re: passive ftp transfer with pkg_add

2008-01-27 Thread Norman Maurer
Am Montag, den 28.01.2008, 07:19 +0100 schrieb Zbigniew Szalbot: Hello, I have been trying to install KDE by using pkg_add -r kde but the download is always failing. Reading man pkg_add I see a reference to change the FTP mode to passive if the download constantly fails. However, man does

Re: passive ftp transfer with pkg_add

2008-01-27 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, 2008/1/28, Norman Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am Montag, den 28.01.2008, 07:19 +0100 schrieb Zbigniew Szalbot: Hello, I have been trying to install KDE by using pkg_add -r kde but the download is always failing. Reading man pkg_add I see a reference to change the FTP mode

Re: passive ftp transfer with pkg_add

2008-01-27 Thread Josh Carroll
Thank you very much! When I want to revert it, will it suffice to type: export FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=false unset FTP_PASSIVE_MODE will unset the variable. Regards, Josh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

pkg_add: remote install (-r) broken

2008-01-16 Thread Colin Brace
Hi all, At some point after my original installation of v.7-BETA3 in late November and a subsquent upgrade to BETA4 with Colin Percival's freebsd-update, installing packages remotely with pkg_add on my system broke. For example: $ sudo pkg_add -vr rtorrent scheme: [ftp] user: [] password

Re: pkg_add: remote install (-r) broken

2008-01-16 Thread Kris Kennaway
Colin Brace wrote: Hi all, At some point after my original installation of v.7-BETA3 in late November and a subsquent upgrade to BETA4 with Colin Percival's freebsd-update, installing packages remotely with pkg_add on my system broke. For example: 550 Cannot connect to 78.27.2.208:53572

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-19 Thread Gary Affonso
) For users running a release base system, there is set of pre-compiled packages provided for use with their particular release. These are the packages found on the FTP site in the release folders on the FTP site. 3) The default behavior for pkg_add -r on RELEASE systems is to source it's pre

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
Gary Affonso wrote: If I do, it seems to me that the absolute first thing I should do after installing a release version would be to change where pkg_add -r is sourcing packages from. Either to current if I like to live on the edge or stable if I want to be a more conservative. No, stable

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Gueven Bay
I'm curious, why does pkg_add -r point to the release snapshot of ports by default? Is the idea that a release is well-tested and that any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown that new users need to be shielded against when grabbing packages with pkg_add

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
Gueven Bay wrote: I'm curious, why does pkg_add -r point to the release snapshot of ports by default? Is the idea that a release is well-tested and that any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown that new users need to be shielded against when grabbing packages

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 04), Kris Kennaway said: Gary Affonso wrote: I'm curious, why does pkg_add -r point to the release snapshot of ports by default? Is the idea that a release is well-tested and that any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown that new users

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 16:40:27 Dan Nelson wrote: Also, packages from the -stable directory may have different/conflicting dependencies compared to existing packages on your system. Imagine installing 6.2 before the x.org-7 update, then trying to pkg_add -r a package from the -stable

pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread doug
Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1)

Re: pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread Bahman M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1)

Re: pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 18:32:15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to

Re: pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread Bahman M.
not have a kde.tbz .../packages-6-stable/All/ has kde-3.5.7.tbz Under these conditions, should I use PACKAGESITE = ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-/Latest/ ?? After setting PACKAGESITE running 'pkg_add -rvn kde' gives you the idea as it does not actually install

Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-03 Thread Gary Affonso
Here's one thing I've never quite understood about FreeBSD and I was hoping somebody could provide some enlightenment... I've got 6.2-release installed. By default (as you all probably know) pkg_add -r fetches packages from the release directory: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386

pkg_add -r from 6-stable instead of 6.2-release

2007-08-07 Thread Steve Franks
occasionally I feel like a total idiot asking a really dumb question, but I'm pretty much out of ideas and I've wasted hours messing with PKGROOT, changing the 'options' in sysinstall, and I can't seem to get things I can see right in 6-stable. I'd just fetch it myself, but it has about 100

Re: pkg_add -r from 6-stable instead of 6.2-release

2007-08-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
in 6-stable. I'd just fetch it myself, but it has about 100 dependancies... See pkg_add(1). PACKAGESITE is probably what you want. Kris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: pkg_add -r from 6-stable instead of 6.2-release

2007-08-07 Thread Jonathan Horne
' in sysinstall, and I can't seem to get things I can see right in 6-stable. I'd just fetch it myself, but it has about 100 dependancies... See pkg_add(1). PACKAGESITE is probably what you want. Kris ive used PACKAGESITE recently as well, i used it like this: setenv PACKAGESITE ftp

Re: pkg_add -r from 6-stable instead of 6.2-release

2007-08-07 Thread Steve Franks
pkg_add(1). PACKAGESITE is probably what you want. Kris ive used PACKAGESITE recently as well, i used it like this: setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/ you have to specify it as far as the directory you want it to pull the files from

difficulty using pkg_add on 6.0 system

2007-05-24 Thread Lewis Kapell
Greetings, Sorry if this has been asked before, I did search the archives but couldn't find the information I need. I have a 6.0 system that was installed with the minimum of optional packages. I want to install cvsup so that I can update my ports tree. Trying to use pkg_add to install

Re: difficulty using pkg_add on 6.0 system

2007-05-24 Thread RW
cvsup so that I can update my ports tree. Trying to use pkg_add to install cvsup, I get the following message: ... Note that there is a utility called csup in the base system, which is a drop-in replacement for the no-gui version of cvsup. It's a rewrite in C to avoid cvsup's modula2 compiler

Re: difficulty using pkg_add on 6.0 system

2007-05-24 Thread Lewis Kapell
It (csup) is only included in the base system starting with 6.2. It's not present on my system. Thank you, Lewis Kapell Computer Operations Seton Home Study School RW wrote: Note that there is a utility called csup in the base system, which is a drop-in replacement for the no-gui version

Re: difficulty using pkg_add on 6.0 system

2007-05-24 Thread RW
On Thu, 24 May 2007 16:12:17 -0400 Lewis Kapell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It (csup) is only included in the base system starting with 6.2. It's not present on my system. You will have portsnap though. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: difficulty using pkg_add on 6.0 system

2007-05-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
that I can update my ports tree. Trying to use pkg_add to install cvsup, I get the following message: Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.0-release/Latest/wget.tbz: File unavailable Looking at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/ I see

RE: Help with pkg_add

2007-04-27 Thread Bob
Figured it out. need -r option in the command pgk_add -r ytree Sorry -Original Message- From: Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG Subject: Help with pkg_add Trying to execute pkg_add ytree and get this message under Freebsd

Help with pkg_add

2007-04-27 Thread Bob
Trying to execute pkg_add ytree and get this message under Freebsd 6.2 Can't stat package file 'ytree' It does not even try to connect to server first. What is this cryptic message trying to tell me ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Cannot pkg_add linux-flashplugin7

2007-04-03 Thread Andriy Babiy
On March 31, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried to a couple of times to install a Micromedia-alike flash plugin for FreeBSD but failed.  So far I have successfully installed the linux-pluginwrapper as a requirement at /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper. So I tried

Re: Cannot pkg_add linux-flashplugin7

2007-04-03 Thread Amarendra Godbole
On 3/31/07, Joseph Marah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried to a couple of times to install a Micromedia-alike flash plugin for FreeBSD but failed. So far I have successfully installed the linux-pluginwrapper as a requirement at /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper. So I tried

Re: Cannot pkg_add linux-flashplugin7

2007-04-02 Thread Joseba Sanchez
Hi, I have tried to a couple of times to install a Micromedia-alike flash plugin for FreeBSD but failed. So far I have successfully installed the linux-pluginwrapper as a requirement at /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper. So I tried /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7 and issued the command

Re: Cannot pkg_add linux-flashplugin7

2007-04-02 Thread Joseph Marah
Hi Joseba, you are right the file does not exist. I tried the port way but got the same. Did some searching in -FreeBSD ports and found out that the file /linux-flashplugin7 has been updated to /linux-flashplugin9. This one worked fine as a port. Joseba Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,

Cannot pkg_add linux-flashplugin7

2007-03-31 Thread Joseph Marah
I have tried to a couple of times to install a Micromedia-alike flash plugin for FreeBSD but failed. So far I have successfully installed the linux-pluginwrapper as a requirement at /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper. So I tried /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7 and issued the command

Re: Fwd: IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested

2007-03-04 Thread Kelly D. Grills
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 09:12:31AM -0500, Don Munyak wrote: How do I set|view env for root?..., specifically FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES See su(1), specifically the -l option. See the man page for whatever shell you run as root. OT... Kelley, btw...Baxter is cool :) I had a Pekingese once. For

Re: Fwd: IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested

2007-03-02 Thread Don Munyak
On 3/1/07, Kelly D. Grills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 04:10:11PM -0500, Don Munyak wrote: As I hinted at in my original response, If you'd rather keep your firewall rules tighter, pkg_add(1) says: Note: If you wish to use passive mode ftp in such transfers, set

IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested

2007-03-01 Thread Don Munyak
I am building a FreeBSD box to function as a FAMP server (LAMP) and hopefully replace our existing mail server. I am having an issue with IPF that I can't seem to figure out. *** When IPF is enabled, I can't run # pkg_add -r package name. {...snip from local console..} p0069# pkg_add -rv bash

Re: IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested

2007-03-01 Thread Chris Slothouber
I'd start by upgrading to 6.2 Don Munyak wrote: I am building a FreeBSD box to function as a FAMP server (LAMP) and hopefully replace our existing mail server. I am having an issue with IPF that I can't seem to figure out. *** When IPF is enabled, I can't run # pkg_add -r package name

Fwd: IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested

2007-03-01 Thread Don Munyak
Apart from up dating to newer version, I don't see how upgrading to 6.2 will make a difference. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to reply. However, the solution is as follows. Incidentally, this had nothing to do with pkg_add And everything to do with FTP and IPFILTER

Re: Fwd: IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested

2007-03-01 Thread Chris Slothouber
will make a difference. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to reply. However, the solution is as follows. Incidentally, this had nothing to do with pkg_add And everything to do with FTP and IPFILTER. === Diagnosis... {IPMON results} # ipmon 01/03/2007 15:03:39.112348 em0 @0:17 b

Re: Fwd: IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested

2007-03-01 Thread Kelly D. Grills
. As I hinted at in my original response, If you'd rather keep your firewall rules tighter, pkg_add(1) says: Note: If you wish to use passive mode ftp in such transfers, set the variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to some value in your environment. Otherwise, the more standard ACTIVE mode may be used

Re: pkg_add problems

2007-02-28 Thread Wojciech Puchar
pkg_add -r some package. I keep getting the following error. --- p0069# pkg_add -r bash Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.1-release/Latest/bash.tbz: Network is unreachable pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp

Re: pkg_add problems

2007-02-28 Thread Kelly D. Grills
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:02:30PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: there is no such package bash. there's only bash-someversionofbashport Au contraire: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ $ pkg_add -r bash Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/Latest/bash.tbz... Done

Re: pkg_add problems

2007-02-28 Thread Don Munyak
Thanks everyone. The issue seems to be related to IPF, which I am trying to sort out. Basically when ipf is enabled, the connectivity fails, although my pass out rule for ftp includes ports 20 21. With ipf -D disabled, no problems. I'll probably post to a new thread after I've tried some more

pkg_add problems

2007-02-27 Thread Don Munyak
I am having trouble using pkg_add -r some package. I keep getting the following error. --- p0069# pkg_add -r bash Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.1-release/Latest/bash.tbz: Network is unreachable pkg_add: unable

Re: pkg_add problems

2007-02-27 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Don Munyak wrote: I am having trouble using pkg_add -r some package. I keep getting the following error. --- p0069# pkg_add -r bash Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.1-release/Latest/bash.tbz: The file does

Re: pkg_add problems

2007-02-27 Thread Kelly D. Grills
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:26:30PM -0500, Don Munyak wrote: I am having trouble using pkg_add -r some package. I keep getting the following error. --- p0069# pkg_add -r bash Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages

RE: where are packeges after pkg_add -r zzz stored

2007-01-31 Thread Grzegorz Pluta
Try pkg_add -K zzz It will store all packages in pkgdir if it is defined or in current dir as a default (quota from man pkg_add ;] ) Hope I helped, GregZX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amer H. Alhabsi Sent

where are packeges after pkg_add -r zzz stored

2007-01-30 Thread Amer H. Alhabsi
Hi, I have a slow Internet connection at home and a fast one in the office. I want to download a package and ALL dependencies from office PC then take them and install them at home. My question is where are the packages stored after being downloaded with pkg_add -r zzz. Thanks, Amer

Re: where are packeges after pkg_add -r zzz stored

2007-01-30 Thread Josh Carroll
I have a slow Internet connection at home and a fast one in the office. I want to download a package and ALL dependencies from office PC then take them and install them at home. My question is where are the packages stored after being downloaded with pkg_add -r zzz. From man pkg_add: -K

Re: pkg_add/delete questions

2006-10-23 Thread Lowell Gilbert
other packages may be dependent on those dependencies as well. Is there a way to remove a particular package and all of its dependencies (given that no other package is dependent on those dependencies)? Is the pkg_cutleaves port what you're looking for? 2. Is it possible to tell pkg_add

Re: pkg_add/delete questions

2006-10-23 Thread RW
On Monday 23 October 2006 16:15, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Mark Jayson Alvarez [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have several questions: 1. If I install a particular package, its dependencies will be installed as well. Now if I remove it later using pkg_delete, only that package will be removed

Re: pkg_add/delete questions

2006-10-23 Thread Eric
RW wrote: On Monday 23 October 2006 16:15, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Mark Jayson Alvarez [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have several questions: 1. If I install a particular package, its dependencies will be installed as well. Now if I remove it later using pkg_delete, only that package will be

Re: pkg_add/delete questions

2006-10-23 Thread RW
. Is it possible to tell pkg_add to just fetch the package and not install them? My goal is to use my Internet conn this query would be easily answered by 'man pkg_add' and 'man pkg_delete'. ill hint you that you are looking for -r and a -n. Unfortunately the meaning of -r is inverted

Re: pkg_add/delete questions

2006-10-23 Thread RW
On Monday 23 October 2006 20:48, Eric wrote: RW wrote: On Monday 23 October 2006 16:15, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Mark Jayson Alvarez [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have several questions: 1. If I install a particular package, its dependencies will be installed as well. Now if I remove it

pkg_add/delete questions

2006-10-22 Thread Mark Jayson Alvarez
dependencies as well. Is there a way to remove a particular package and all of its dependencies (given that no other package is dependent on those dependencies)? 2. Is it possible to tell pkg_add to just fetch the package and not install them? My goal is to use my Internet conn

Re: pkg_add/delete questions

2006-10-22 Thread Jonathan Horne
guess is because some other packages may be dependent on those dependencies as well. Is there a way to remove a particular package and all of its dependencies (given that no other package is dependent on those dependencies)? 2. Is it possible to tell pkg_add to just fetch the package

pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread V.I.Victor
Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Frank Staals
V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread V.I.Victor
V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Well I guess it works, but why not just cvsup your ports ( or use portsnap

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Stefan Bethke
Am 09.08.2006 um 15:43 schrieb V.I.Victor: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? No. You might get away with putting a 6-stable package on a 6.1 system, but only if you're lucky. Packages compiled for newer releases will never* work on older

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Stefan Bethke
Am 09.08.2006 um 16:02 schrieb V.I.Victor: This is a small machine that is only used as an email front-end. When I built it I didn't install 'ports' -- sorry, I should have mentioned that in the original post. Install portsnap from your 5.4 CD, then use it to download the current

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Matthew Seaman
V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Not a good idea. 6.x packages are going to want libc.so.6 and other 6.x shlibs, which

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 01:43:10PM +, V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Absolutely not. Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' What's wrong with using packages-5-stable? :-) What I've read *seems

Re: pkg_add question

2006-08-09 Thread V.I.Victor
-Original Message- From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 03:02 PM On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 01:43:10PM +, V.I.Victor wrote: Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? Absolutely not. Specifically, I

Re: pkg_add is driving me NUTS!

2006-06-22 Thread Björn König
Remington L schrieb: I have two servers, exact same hardware, exact same version of FreeBSD, in this case 4.10. When I run pkg_add blah.tbz on one machine, it takes between 2-8 hours, on the other 8-10 minutes. These machines are quad-Intel 2.8Xeons, with 4GB of memory. Ive done everything

Re: pkg_add is driving me NUTS!

2006-06-22 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Thursday 22 June 2006 10:22, Björn König wrote: Remington L schrieb: I have two servers, exact same hardware, exact same version of FreeBSD, in this case 4.10. When I run pkg_add blah.tbz on one machine, it takes between 2-8 hours, on the other 8-10 minutes. These machines are quad

Re: pkg_add is driving me NUTS!

2006-06-22 Thread Jahilliya
On 6/22/06, Nikos Vassiliadis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 22 June 2006 10:22, Björn König wrote: Remington L schrieb: I have two servers, exact same hardware, exact same version of FreeBSD, in this case 4.10. When I run pkg_add blah.tbz on one machine, it takes between 2-8

pkg_add is driving me NUTS!

2006-06-21 Thread Remington L
I have two servers, exact same hardware, exact same version of FreeBSD, in this case 4.10. When I run pkg_add blah.tbz on one machine, it takes between 2-8 hours, on the other 8-10 minutes. These machines are quad-Intel 2.8Xeons, with 4GB of memory. Ive done everything from running make world

installing MySQL with FreeBSD pkg_add

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I am happy to have FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE and KDE running on my intel box. I am now trying to install MySQL. I logged in as root and ran the following commands # pkg_add -r msql41-server Added group mysql Added user mysql # pkg_add -r mysql41-client mysql-client-4.1.18_1 or its older version

Re: installing MySQL with FreeBSD pkg_add

2006-05-20 Thread John Cruz
on what you're doing with it. -John Peter Michaux wrote: Hi, I am happy to have FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE and KDE running on my intel box. I am now trying to install MySQL. I logged in as root and ran the following commands # pkg_add -r msql41-server Added group mysql Added user mysql # pkg_add -r

RE: installing MySQL with FreeBSD pkg_add

2006-05-20 Thread fbsd
The pkg_add -r msql41-server auto installs mysql41-client as a dependaent so when you ran pkg_add -r mysql41-client it found it was all ready there just like it should. This is not an error. Next you have to do rehash command or reboot box so system can find those new modules. Then run

Re: installing MySQL with FreeBSD pkg_add

2006-05-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Peter Michaux wrote: # mysql -uroot ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 'tmp/mysql.sock' (2) What to do? The server isn't running. Start it, and this message will go away. If the port/package is correctly installed, then $

pkg_add gnuplot

2006-05-05 Thread Jonathan Herriott
Hey, I'm trying to add the package gnuplot, and when I do, it goes and tries to add another necessary package pdflib. The issue is that it cannot find pdflib. I get the following: pkg_add -r gnuplot Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.0-release/Latest/gnuplot.tbz

Re: pkg_add gnuplot

2006-05-05 Thread Yuan, Jue
On Friday 05 May 2006 13:00, Jonathan Herriott wrote: Hey, I'm trying to add the package gnuplot, and when I do, it goes and tries to add another necessary package pdflib. The issue is that it cannot find pdflib. I get the following: pkg_add -r gnuplot Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub

Re: pkg_add gnuplot

2006-05-05 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 05:00:46AM +, Jonathan Herriott wrote: Hey, I'm trying to add the package gnuplot, and when I do, it goes and tries to add another necessary package pdflib. The issue is that it cannot find pdflib. I get the following: pkg_add -r gnuplot Fetching ftp

Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:

2006-05-01 Thread doug
Thanks but: pkg_add -r openoffice.org pkg_add: can't stat package file 'openoffice.org' that was the logical and first thing I tried. On Mon, 1 May 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 11:04:32PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: pkg_add -r openoffice.org-2.0.2.tbz

Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:

2006-05-01 Thread robert
On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 03:12 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks but: pkg_add -r openoffice.org pkg_add: can't stat package file 'openoffice.org' that was the logical and first thing I tried. On Mon, 1 May 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 11:04:32PM -0400

Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:

2006-05-01 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Monday 01 May 2006 02:31, robert wrote: On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 03:12 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks but: pkg_add -r openoffice.org pkg_add: can't stat package file 'openoffice.org' that was the logical and first thing I tried. On Mon, 1 May 2006, Kris Kennaway

Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:

2006-05-01 Thread doug
One of benefits of the BSD's at least my BSD, the Free one, is anyone can get a pretty cool workstation by doing: pkg_add -r xorg pkg_add -r kde[-lite] pkg_add -r anything-else-that-strikes-my-fancy with a couple of configuration commands in between. I suspect the Linux people

Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:

2006-05-01 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 03:12:14AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks but: pkg_add -r openoffice.org pkg_add: can't stat package file 'openoffice.org' that was the logical and first thing I tried. So look on the FTP site below and see what it's really called. Kris On Sun

Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:

2006-04-30 Thread doug
Installing the openoffice port is truly an odyssey and one I did not successfully complete. Following the advise earlier in this thread, I abandoned that effort and installed the package. The names for pkg_add are a mystery to me as well. In an effort to get the correct name I walked the trees

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