FreeBSD Port: lame-3.99.5

[Shiva Subramanian]

I was able to compile from the sources and thanks for the insight. still
getting acclimated to freebsd :)

if there is anything I can do to help, please do let me know.

Best

Shiva

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Kevin Oberman <kob6558 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Shiva Subramanian <shiva at subbu.us> wrote:
> > hi there - when trying to install lame on my fresh new freebsd - I get
> the
> > following error msg. Anything I can do to help resolve?
> >
> > murugan02# pkg_add -r lame
> > Error: Unable to get
> >
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/lame.tbz
> :
> > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> > pkg_add: unable to fetch '
> >
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/lame.tbz
> '
> > by URL
>
> I don't believe that lame is ever packaged for legal reasons. You will
> need to build it yourself, if you want it. Binary distribution would
> require FreeBSD to license it (clearly a non-starter), so there is
> none. lame is not unique in this regard.
> --
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> E-mail: kob6558 at gmail.com
>



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