On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:14:34AM +0800, Canhua wrote: > Hi, good day all. I am new to FreeBSD. > I tried to pkg_add -r a package (py-networkx), which tell me that: > Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/ > FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.0-release/Latest/py-networkx.tbz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > > although I know that py-network does exist in /usr/ports. > Actually I could go to /usr/ports/math/py-networkx and make install > using ports means. > > Then I could learn from this that there are softwares that could be > install from ports while not able to be added from package system? > Am I right?
Correct -- not every port has a package. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"