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bryn1u

Hello,

After installed FreeBSD-10.3 i I haven't got portsnap(8). Error:
Code: 
root#portsnap
command not found
I just extracted ports.tar.gz but isn't solve my problem. There isn't package to install something like portsnap. pkg search and ports show nothing. Is there any way to install it manually ?

Thanks,
 
bryn1u said:
Hello,

After installed FreeBSD-10.3 i I haven't got portsnap(8). Error:
Code: 
root#portsnap
command not found
I just extracted ports.tar.gz but isn't solve my problem. There isn't package to install something like portsnap. pkg search and ports show nothing. Is there any way to install it manually ?

Thanks,
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portsnap(8) is part of the base system. It is located in /usr/sbin. Your problem is not related to the presence or not of the ports collection; indeed if the ports tree is not installed portsnap can fetch and extract it by itself.
Try specifing the full path: /usr/sbin/portsnap
 
cpm said:
portsnap(8) is in base for all versions from 5.5 upwards (including 6.0, which was released before 5.5).
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The book I had didn't even tell me that, so I didn't know about portsnap(8) during the 6.* branches. It only told me about cvsup, and another book informed that csup(1) was available after 6.2. I've started using FreeBSD on and off since 6.1 after I got that book.

bryn1u, did you try apropos portsnap or another search term like "ports tree", to see if it's there.
Maxnix said:
Try specifying the full path: /usr/sbin/portsnap
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Otherwise I'd run the apropos command to see if a program has been replaced, which shouldn't be the case here.
 
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