On Wednesday 29 December 2004 10:29 am, Adam wrote: > I'm trying to add packages over my network connection. I can > anonymously FTP into ftp.freebsd.org so I know my FTP connection is > working. In the manual for pkg_add it said that I may have a problem > with FTP firewall but I have none set up. It also said to enter > something in my environment variable for passive ftp firewall but I > don't know where it is.. > > Does anyone have an idea what is wrong? > > # pkg_add -r mysql-server-4.1.7 > Error: FTP Unable to get > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Lat >est/mysql-server-4.1.7.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no > access) pkg_add: unable to fetch > 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/La >test/mysql-server-4.1.7.tbz' by URL
Reading the error message, we discover that the file mysql-server-4.1.7.tbz cannot be found at the url ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest. If you visit that site on your internet browser, you'll find the following packages for mysql server 4.1*: mysql41-server.tbz Therefore, the command would be: pkg_add -r mysql41-server In fact, if you look in /usr/ports/databases, you'll find that the port is called mysql41-server. If you want the more recent packages (with version numbers in the names), review the packages at: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/All/ It's here that you'll find mysql-server-4.1.7.tbz To get this package, use the following command (beware of wordwrap): pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/All/mysql-server-4.1.7.tbz Note that the -r option is not used when a specific location and package file are given. Best of luck, Andrew Gould _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"