Since that page says: <<To ensure *pkgng* on a DragonFly BSD 3.4 or higher system is ready for use, run the following BEFORE you try to use pkg the first time:>>
I took out the DragonFly from the VM and loaded it fresh. Then after # cd /usr # make dports-create I'm stuck with a message that says it could not create work tree dir '/usr/dports'. : Read-only file system*** Error code 128 Ludo www.potingue.be On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Ludo Beckers <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never seen that page before. > I'll study it later this weekend and let you know if I could sort things > out. > > Thanks for pointing in the right direction. > > Ludo > www.potingue.be > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:35 PM, John Marino <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 3/28/2014 12:31, Ludo Beckers wrote: >> > I replaced the first no with yes, and since that didn't help I tried >> > them all (4 mirrors mentioned in the file) as yes, and that not working >> > I tried them separately. >> > Still not working. >> > >> > BTW is there a way I can copy text from the terminal in the VirtualBox >> > and paste it here? >> > That could be handy :-) (I used vi to change the file) >> > Please note I come from the Linux-world, but not as an expert. >> > >> >> Are you referring to this page? >> http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/howtos/HowToDPorts/ >> >> I have a feeling you did *not* update the catalog after setting the the >> mirror. And only pick one. It do not that it works with more than 1. >> >> Please realize that pkg works; we're all using it. I think you >> basically need to start from scratch and read the instructions I >> referenced above. >> >> Regards, >> John >> > >
