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Old May 18th, 2006, 07:22 AM
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Changing path for pkg_add
Hi guys,

I want to install screen on a FreeBSD 4 box. I use pkg_add -r screen, but the file doesn't exist under the search path on the ports ftp location:

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bash-2.05b$ pkg_add -r screen
Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/Latest/screen.tgz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/Latest/screen.tgz' by URL


I have tried to set the $PACKAGESITE environment variable to point to ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/misc. O chose that path, because logging in over ftp and browsing actually shows the package tgz file there - anyway, I still get the same error. If I export my new $PACKAGESITE env var, I get the error "pkg_add: can't stat package file 'screen'".

How can I fix this to point to the new path.. also, I realise I could probably just download the package file and install it directly. Are there any 'best practices' to bear in mind when not using -r ?

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http_proxy or ftp_proxy

did you consider those too?
If you need the package quickly installed, download it and just pkg_add it.
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I'm not using a proxy for http or ftp - and pkg_add works fine for some packages so long as they are in the expected location on ftp.freebsd.org.

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pkg_add -rv ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/path/to/screen.tgz
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Thanks Direhit - I'm off the network now, with no VPN, so I'll try it and will let you know on monday.

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well it look I misread 'screem' as 'screen' and there isn't a screen port for freebsd-4

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