Re: Install package from local file

2007-05-09 Thread Marcus Karlsson
I don't think that was the problem because the file was downloaded but the download interrupted before it completed. Marcus On 9 maj 2007, at 13.17, Jeff Adams wrote: I had a similar problem, in my case it was a firewall issue. I'm not sure exactly what port does, but it appears to use FTP

Re: Install package from local file

2007-05-09 Thread Jeff Adams
I had a similar problem, in my case it was a firewall issue. I'm not sure exactly what port does, but it appears to use FTP rather than HTTP downloads? And the browser will do HTTP downloads. FTP in passive mode will connect to some random port (it's like 1000-2000 or something) on the server, w

Re: Install package from local file

2007-05-08 Thread Boey Maun Suang
(Re-sending this to the list to share the love.) Can I let ports use the file I manually downloaded instead of trying to download it? Just copy the files to the appropriate directory (${prefix}/var/db/ dports/distfiles/${portname}) -- you may find that you need to delete the *.TMP file the

Install package from local file

2007-05-08 Thread Marcus Karlsson
Hi. I'm trying to install tetex, but when ports try to fetch it the download is somehow interrupted and it tries the other download locations that also fails the same way. I can however download the file from within Safari or any other web browser from the same servers that ports tried. C