I finally got FreeBSD to install on my computer, (I've run DesktopBSD and PC-BSD), and somehow managed to only install the basic command-line system only. Now, I've been running Linux for 5 years, BSD on and off, so with my knowledge of those systems, I was able to install Xorg, KDE, and the Awesome window manager and get them all running, using:
However, now that those are installed, I cannot use that to install anything else. I tried installing Firefox that way and it listed where it should be on the ftp site but that it couldn't find it. Being curious, I copied the ftp site address into my browser, and the files are all there.
Pidgin, firefox, and pretty much any other program are not found by pkg_add -r even though they are on the server. I was able to install firefox by downloading the files themselves and installing manually, but Pidgin has so many dependencies it would take me years to install it.
I haven't altered any files relating to any ports, I haven't even made any files besides the xorg configuration. Any idea why my computer just headed downhill? I was pretty sure BSD wasn't a system that just did things on a whim like windows and ubuntu but I guess I could be wrong.
If you have any advice please help, I'm rather lost.
Code:
pkg_add -r <xorg/kde/whatever>
Pidgin, firefox, and pretty much any other program are not found by pkg_add -r even though they are on the server. I was able to install firefox by downloading the files themselves and installing manually, but Pidgin has so many dependencies it would take me years to install it.
I haven't altered any files relating to any ports, I haven't even made any files besides the xorg configuration. Any idea why my computer just headed downhill? I was pretty sure BSD wasn't a system that just did things on a whim like windows and ubuntu but I guess I could be wrong.
If you have any advice please help, I'm rather lost.