No Handbrake package found

[Alien]

Sometimes I am not able to install a package. In this case for multimedia/handbrake.

In the ports collection I find it, just not the package. If I build it for myself using the ports then I don´t know sometimes the exact specifications while building. So:

1. If I

[cmd=]pkg_add -r handbrake[/cmd]

and no package is found then there isn't one definitely?

2. Where can I find some more information about the port when I want to build it for myself? In this case for multimedia/handbrake?

Thanks.

 

[cpm@]

From Handbook Chapter 5 Installing Applications: Packages and Ports:

If you want to specify an alternative FreeBSD Packages Mirror, instead of the main distribution site, you have to set the PACKAGESITE environment variable accordingly.

Add this variable in your ~/.cshrc

setenv PACKAGESITE "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/packages/All/"

Then, type:

# pkg_add -r handbrake


Useful information:

[1] FreshPorts http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/handbrake/.

[2] HandBrake Guide https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/HandBrakeGuide.

 

[Alien]

It is still unable to fetch. Just now from ALL.

 

[cpm@]

Try specifying with URL which pointing to the file available on ftp site:

# pkg_add [url]ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/packages/All/handbrake-0.9.3.tbz[/url]

But I suggest you install the port:

# cd /usr/ports/multimedia/handbrake/ && make install clean