Opera7 won't install from ports collection

[Jud]

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:42:25 -0800 (PST), Dino Vliet <dino_vliet at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

> But I installed freebsd through the http proxy server
> and that went fine.
> I can install all other packages just fine because
> I've set the http_proxy environment variable to our
> proxy server and everything works fine. Only the cvsup
> won't work.
>
> I'm now installing mozilla-firebird:-(
>
> --- Jud <judmarc at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 08:37:58 -0800 (PST), "Dino
>> Vliet"
>> <dino_vliet at yahoo.com> said:
>> > How to get cvsup to get past my proxy-server?
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Larry Rosenman <ler at lerctr.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --On Tuesday, January 06, 2004 07:40:31 -0800
>> Dino
>> > > Vliet
>> > > <dino_vliet at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I want to install Opera onto my freebsd
>> version
>> > > 4.9
>> > > > system and in the /usr/ports/www/opera
>> direcory I
>> > > > issue a "make install clean"
>> > > >
>> > > > I get the following error (see below).
>> > > > Becausse i think my port is looking for
>> > > > opera-7.20-20030919 while the ftp servers are
>> > > offering
>> > > > opera-7.23-20031119 or something like that.
>> > > > What can I do about it?
>> > > >
>> > > > 1) get the old source (but from where)
>> > > > 2) use the new one and rename it to
>> 20030919..but
>> > > I
>> > > > think that will go wrong
>> > > >
>> > > > Can anyone help me with this because I can't
>> > > browse
>> > > > the net!!
>> > > update your ports collection using CVSup.
>> > >
>> > > LER
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > ===>
>> > > >
>> **************************************************
>> > > > ===> NOTE: The native version of Opera can not
>> be
>> > > > ===> installed at the same time as
>> linux-opera. If
>> > > you
>> > > > ===> already have www/linux-opera installed,
>> we
>> > > > ===> recommend you press Ctrl-C now and
>> deinstall
>> > > it.
>> > > > ===>
>> > > >
>> **************************************************
>> > > >>>
>> > > >
>> > >
>> opera-7.20-20030919.1-static-qt.i386.freebsd.tar.bz2
>> > > > doesn't seem to exist in
>> /usr/ports/distfiles/.
>> > > >>> Attempting to fetch from
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
> http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/7.20-Beta-12/intel-freebsd/.
>> > > >>> Attempting to fetch from
>> > > >
>> > >
>> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/.
>> > > >>> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve
>> this
>> > > >>> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and
>> try
>> > > > again.
>> > > > *** Error code 1
>> > > >
>> > > > Stop in /usr/ports/www/opera.
>>
>> If you can't ftp or cvsup with the proxy server, I'd
>> suggest using
>> another PC to download an updated ports collection,
>> then the files for
>> Opera and dependencies (these aren't terribly large,
>> so it won't take
>> very long even on a slow connection) and burning
>> these to a CD.  You can
>> then use these to update your system that is behind
>> the proxy server and
>> build Opera.

If you do want to update ports at some point and have FTP access you can  
download the full ports tarball from <URL:  
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports-stable/ports.tar.gz>.

Jud