Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Marcio David
Hello everyone. I'm a software developer from Brazil and I've been using Linux for about 8 years and now I starting to play with some new toys, like FreeBSD and OpenBSD. I installed OpenBSD 4.6 on a quadcore intel machine, and now I'm trying to install some new softwares using pkg_add. I

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:05:09 -0200, Marcio David wrote: Hello everyone. I'm a software developer from Brazil and I've been using Linux for about 8 years and now I starting to play with some new toys, like FreeBSD and OpenBSD. I installed OpenBSD 4.6 on a quadcore intel machine, and now I'm trying

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Steve Shockley
On 10/23/2009 6:23 AM, Rod Whitworth wrote: But I always get an error saying: ftp: No control connection for command Yep! You did NOT read all the docs. Start with OpenBSD FAQ. Read it all. Study the pf part well. Look for references to ftp. What makes you think that's the issue? pkg_add

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 08:05:09AM -0200, Marcio David wrote: Hello everyone. I'm a software developer from Brazil and I've been using Linux for about 8 years and now I starting to play with some new toys, like FreeBSD and OpenBSD. I installed OpenBSD 4.6 on a quadcore intel machine, and now

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Marcio David
Hey Steve Shockley and Joachim Schipper, thanks for your help! On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Steve Shockley steve.shock...@shockley.net wrote: Marcio, try just issuing: ftp ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.6/packages/i386/midori-0.1.7.tgz Yeah, I get the same error. But it's kinda

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Tomáš Bodžár
Hi, if you are from Brazil then why are you using mirror from USA? BTW if you read FAQ then you will know that it's better to add PKG_PATH to .profile of normal user and use sudo for installation and I have at least two mirrors set in PKG_PATH for situations when some mirror fails (one is ftp and

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Marcio David
2009/10/23 TomC!E! BodEC!r tomas.bod...@gmail.com Hi, if you are from Brazil then why are you using mirror from USA? Cuz none of the Brazilian mirrors are working (at least for the OBSD 4.6). According to [1], there is only one FTP server from Brazil, and the 4.6 folder is not working (error

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Tomáš Bodžár
Yes, sometimes there are problems with mirrors but this is still valid http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq3.html#FTP and I think that main site is under high load and it's better even from point of view of costs(where is server) to use different mirror. Maybe you will get better access with some EU

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Paul M
On 24/10/2009, at 2:37 AM, Marcio David wrote: Hey Steve Shockley and Joachim Schipper, thanks for your help! On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Steve Shockley steve.shock...@shockley.net wrote: Marcio, try just issuing: ftp

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-10-23, Marcio David mfda...@gmail.com wrote: Cuz none of the Brazilian mirrors are working (at least for the OBSD 4.6). According to [1], there is only one FTP server from Brazil, and the 4.6 folder is not working (error 550). There is 3 HTTP servers from Brazil: the first one gives

Re: Error trying to use pkg_add with ftp

2009-10-23 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-10-23, Marcio David mfda...@gmail.com wrote: export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.6/packages/i386/ try an http mirror.