# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-12-20 09:23:01 -0800:
> i run freebsd 4.5 stable and when i try to install a
> new port like mpg123 it fails.
> my command to system and it's response is here:
>
> $ pwd
> /usr/ports/audio/mpg123
>
> $ make clean
...
> >> mpg123-0.59r-pl1.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in
> /usr/ports/distfiles/.
> >> Attempting to fetch from
> http://www.mpg123.de/mpg123/.
> >> Attempting to fetch from
> http://www-ti.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/~hippm/mpg123/.
> >> Attempting to fetch from
> ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/unix/audio/mpg123/.
> >> Attempting to fetch from
> http://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/unix/audio/mpg123/.
> >> Attempting to fetch from
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/.
> >> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try
> again.
> *** Error code 1
have you cvsupped /usr/ports recently?
> please let me know if i MUST hold a connection to the
> internet during the installations.if so, is there a
> way to avoid that connection?
you either have to be connected or fetch all the required tarballs
prior the compile/install. see ports(7) for the targets that will
list/fetch them.
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