Thanks for the reply, Kevin, However, I think that the address you included is indeed the address from which pkg_add is failing to fetch XFree86-4.
Stacey Quoting Kevin Golding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Someone, quite probably , once wrote: > > I want to install the latest version of XFree86-4. > > > >I've already tried going via the ports an hour ago, which failed with > lots of > >syntax errors. I do not want to bother with the port, and would like to > install > >via a package. > > > >However, pkg_add -r XFree86-4 fails with "File not available" whilst > attempting > >to fetch the package from some FreeBSD mirror. > > > >How do I tell pkg_add to try somewhere else? > > You can give it an actual location if you like: > > # pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/x11/ > XFree86-4 > > Kevin > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
