Newbie questions

[Subhro]

Hello,

Welcome to the world of FreeBSD. First of all, why are you trying to
install binaries? I would say it is wiser to use the port system
yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports tree before you start
using it to get the required software. Refer to the handbook for
understanding how ports work.

Thanks and Best Regards
Subhro

On 8/23/06, E. Gad <p1agu313 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello
>  First I was directed to post the  here because I  posted to the stable mailing list before re-reading what it's purpose is- I apologise-.
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>  I am playing with freebsd 6 on a testing box.  I Upgraded l from 6.0 to 6.1 because it looked like popular opinion is that it's got a number of improvements After a few false starts and finally figuring what I did wrong  it went basicly ok.
>
>  I went to use sysinstall  to install a few usefull looking items however I got a error message:
>  "Release 6.1-p3 not found on server"
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>  What is puzling is if I do essentially the samething: run pkg_add -f from the command line I seem to get some of the  packages I wanted-to install. Is this normal? or did I do something wrong?
>  I am not entirely sure how fix this and any assistance is apreciated.
>
>  (The free-bsd etiquite   note statements says I should mention what I have done so far)
>
>  I have started by using google to see if anyone else has this problem. I haven't found the problem on bulitin boards or the like (not yet anyway-i'll look again in the morning)
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>
>  -thanks
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