Having an issue installing any packages in FreeBSD on VM

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eriksatie

-----installing FreeBSD 8.2 64bit on VMWare virtual machine

Ok, so I edited the .cshrc to auto download from an ftp closer to me and it seems like whatever package that I try to download I get a bunch of "failed" errors and "cannot find package" errors. I guess some things are downloaded since I see "Done" a few times but for the most part I just keep getting pages and pages of errors and fails.

Anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks
 
How about showing us exactly what command you are running, what you edited in your .cshrc file, and exactly what errors you are getting :-)
 
Ok, so to change the ftp location I wrote:
[CMD=]echo 'setenv PACKAGEROOT ftp://ftp1.us.freebsd.org' >> .cshrc[/CMD]

I actually added this same command but mistakingly wrote "setenev" instead of setenv but I don't know how to edit it out so I just wrote over it. Then to install things I wrote [CMD=]pkg_add -r xorg[/CMD]

and the errors I get are numerous, I will try to take a screenshot. What happens is these errors just keep coming page after page and it seems like it never stops.

zum0v.png


I don't know how to scroll up to show the other errors or how to copy and paste them but this is part of it - if you can tell me how to scroll up I can show you the other errors.
 
To change the ftp location I entered;

$ echo 'setenv PACKAGEROOT [url]ftp://ftp8.us.freebsd.org[/url]' >> .cshrc

Before that I entered the same command but instead of "setenv" I entered "setenev" and I didn't know how to edit it out so I just wrote over it with the command above.

To install packages I wrote;

$ pkg_add -r xorg

The I get pages and pages of messages telling me things failed, here is an example;

zum0v.png
 
wblock said:
Press Scroll Lock and use the up/down arrows and Page Up/Page Down to scroll. Also see Using script(1) to capture console output.
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Thank you, but I'm using a virtual machine how do I get the text file on my main computer? I can ssh login into my FreeBSD machine from my machine, will that help? And for some reason after I cd to the directory I want, when I enter make it says
Code: 
Make: no target to make.

Any ideas?

Thanks
 
Well the screenshot appears to be from when you tried it as a normal user, which isn't going to work. We'd need to see the errors from when you tried as root.

Adam
 
Ah, I do get a different error message.

Also, it appears that I put two different ftp locations on root and my regular user.

Take a look:

GueOW.png
 
eriksatie said:
Thank you, but I'm using a virtual machine how do I get the text file on my main computer? I can ssh login into my FreeBSD machine from my machine, will that help?
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Yes, use scp(1).

And for some reason after I cd to the directory I want, when I enter make it says
Code: 
Make: no target to make.
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Without details, it's impossible to say. What directory? What were you trying to make?
 
wblock said:
Yes, use scp(1).



Without details, it's impossible to say. What directory? What were you trying to make?
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I followed the exact instructions from your tutorial but instead of typing: # # cd /usr/ports/www/links

I typed: # cd /home/stark which is my home folder thingy.

When I ssh into my virtual machine where can I save the output file to on my main machine?
 
Sounds like your networking isn't working then. Did you setup bridged or NAT networking in vmware? Did you do any configuration of network devices during sysinstall?

Adam
 
adamk said:
Sounds like your networking isn't working then. Did you setup bridged or NAT networking in vmware? Did you do any configuration of network devices during sysinstall?

Adam
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I set up bridged and I configured the main network device on my laptop when it asked me about it. I didn't do the IPV6 (I think that's what it's called) but I configured the DHCP because I was following this tutorial and that's what it said to do.

Maybe I need to configure that IPV6?
 
eriksatie said:
I followed the exact instructions from your tutorial but instead of typing: # # cd /usr/ports/www/links

I typed: # cd /home/stark which is my home folder thingy.
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That's what make(1) does when there's no Makefile. What were you trying to do?

When I ssh into my virtual machine where can I save the output file to on my main machine?
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Can't say without knowing what operating system is on the host. If it's Windows, install Cygwin and scp. Then run a shell through Cygwin and use scp to copy the remote file on the VM to the host.
 
wblock said:
That's what make(1) does when there's no Makefile. What were you trying to do?



Can't say without knowing what operating system is on the host. If it's Windows, install Cygwin and scp. Then run a shell through Cygwin and use scp to copy the remote file on the VM to the host.
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I was trying to do as you suggested and capture my console output to a textfile so I could be able to copy and paste it to the forums.
 
Well, I have made a new installation of FreeBSD using the default ftp location and it seems like everything is working fine. I will use this one and test what was wrong on my other installation myself.

Thank you all for your help.
 
eriksatie said:
I was trying to do as you suggested and capture my console output to a textfile so I could be able to copy and paste it to the forums.
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That's an example. After running the script command, output is being captured. Then start doing what was failing (pkg_add -r xorg), and all output will be captured.
 
wblock said:
That's an example. After running the script command, output is being captured. Then start doing what was failing (pkg_add -r xorg), and all output will be captured.
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Ah, I see now.

Thank you :beergrin
 
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