Installing gnome2 offline

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pappa_trent

Attempting to install gnome2 on FreeBSD 6.3. because of limitations, I do not have access to the internet from this network. Is there a list of all of the *.gz and *.bz2 files that I need to complete the installation? My plan is to download them and store them in the /usr/ports/distfiles and /usr/ports/distfiles/gnome2 directories. I do have a version of ports installed, however, I am not certain if it is the latest and greatest. I am fairly new to Unix, so I am working through the issues as they come up.
 
You could also experiment with the following make targets inside that port directory:

Code: 
# fetch-recursive
#                               - Retrieves missing ${DISTFILES} and ${PATCHFILES} for this
#                                 port and dependencies.
# fetch-recursive-list
#                               - Show list of commands to retrieve missing ${DISTFILES} and
#                                 ${PATCHFILES} for this port and dependencies.
 
Guys thanks for the post. After all was said and done, we ended up hooking the machines to a DSL connection. I ran the fetch-recursive and I was able to ensure I have all of the correct files. The problem I am running into now is the following:

Code: 
Shared Object "libutil.so.8" not found, required by Python

Later on at the end of the script output I also have:
Code: 
iso_3166.tab Error 1

I know that Error 1 doesn't ell any of us crap, but it is what I have to go on.

I searched the /lib directory and found that I have libutil.so.5 installed. what port do I need to upgrade to make sure I have the correct libutil.so file?

Thanks again
 
pappa_trent said:
Guys thanks for the post. After all was said and done, we ended up hooking the machines to a DSL connection. I ran the fetch-recursive and I was able to ensure I have all of the correct files. The problem I am running into now is the following:

Shared Object "libutil.so.8" not found, required by Python
...
I searched the /lib directory and found that I have libutil.so.5 installed. what port do I need to upgrade to make sure I have the correct libutil.so file?
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libutil.so.5 is part of an old version of FreeBSD. Did you maybe try to install python from a package for a newer version of FreeBSD?
 
Possibly. Because of software limitations that I am running on this machine, I have to run FreeBSD at 6.3. I am trying to install Gnome2 as a GUI front end, because some of the stuff we are trying to do lends itself to using the GUI. What I have done so far is:
# make fetch-recursive (In the /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 directory)
# make install clean (from the same directory)

The Gnome2 package that is trying to install is gnome2-2.20.1

The only packages that have been installed are the packages that the fetch-recursive command went out and found.

The current Python package Python2.5.1

Hopefully this info helps, if not I can provide more.
 
fetch-recursive downloads source distfiles. Your installed python is complaining about a missing system library. That would make sense if you downloaded a python package (compiled version of a port, not a distfile) that was meant for a later version of FreeBSD than you have.

Possibly you can just rebuild python from ports and it will be okay, but I'm betting you've got a lot of updating and rebuilding ahead.
 
So in order to build python from Ports, and make sure I have the right version, what do I need to do? I am not very familiar with ports, aside from what is out there on the FreeBSD website.
 
wblock, thanks for the help. I was able to go back and re-install the correct python load and I am working on the Gnome2 install again. Re-read the ports info and figured out what to do. Thanks again.
 
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