On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 05:02:52PM -0700, Andrei Iarus wrote:
>  
> > I think you should investigate the pkg_add(1) man
> > page.  A quick way
> > to install directly a package (that means a
> > precompiled "port") is to
> > use the following syntax: 
> > 
> > # pkg_add -rv port-name 
> > 
> > i.e pkg_add -rv cvsup-without-gui
>  Yes, I have tried this method, too. The problem is
> that pkg_add fetches compiled programs from FreeBSD
> ftp serevr, too.Interesting: the http FreeBSD server
> works fine, only the ftp has some problems. Other
> mirrors work bad,too. And how could I change the
> server pkg_add tries to fetch files form?

You must set the environment variable PACKAGEROOT in order to change
the mirror you want to choose.
And please send your email once.
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