On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Roop Nanuwa wrote: > Krikket wrote: > > >I've done a brand-new install of FreeBSD (4.9), and am a fresh user to > >this flavor of *nix. > > > Welcome, we hope you enjoy your stay :).
Thank you! > >The install went more or less without a hitch. For some reason ldap (part > >of the default package selection) didn't want to install. > > > Could you be a bit more specific? What happened during the install? Did > it give you any > error messages? A generic compile error message, nothing specific. And unfortunately, I didn't take notes. (No, I wasn't expecting help with troubleshooting that point, it was said more in the way of a commentary than anything else. I figured that when I got to the point of needing it, I could always install it at a later time, and if needed ask questions then.) > >To test things out, I tried installing mozilla. It failed due to a > >dependancy, so I checked out the website to see what was available, found > >a version that was there, adn installed it. > > How are you installing mozilla? There shouldn't be any dependency > problems in either of the two main ways to install packages on FreeBSD. > Whether you install via the ports tree or through the package system all > the dependencies should be handled for you. I think the reason that > you're having dependency issues is because you're attempting to install > binaries that you've downloaded that aren't packaged for FreeBSD > specifically. I attempted to do a "pkg_add -r mozilla". After checking the on-line database of software at freebsd.org, I know I tried some versons of the command lile "... -r linux-mozilla" and sometimes with version numbers. I forget the exact one that did work. > >But when I type "mozilla" to start the program, it's not found. (Nor was > >it added to the KDE Menu.) > >I was able to do a "pkg_add -r cvsup" on the first try. But I ended up > >with the same problem -- not being able to find the package once it was > >installed. Needless to say, I can't add any ports as a result. > > > Which shell are you running? You might have to run 'rehash' to refresh > your shell's cache of available programs. Logging in/out would do the > same but running 'rehash' is simpler/quicker. bash. I'll give that a shot. I'm not at home at the moment, and for some reason ssh doesn't want to allow me to login. (I get a login prompt, but it's not accepting the correct password for either myself or the root accounts. Even after I called home and had the roommate reboot the system, just in case something flakey got into memory. I'm thinking it may be time to pull out the rubber chicken.) Krikket _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
