pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp:

[Donald J. O'Neill]

On Monday 01 May 2006 02:31, robert wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 03:12 -0400, doug at safeport.com wrote:
> > Thanks but:
> >
> >    pkg_add -r openoffice.org
> >    pkg_add: can't stat package file 'openoffice.org'
> >
> > that was the logical and first thing I tried.
> >
> > On Mon, 1 May 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 11:04:32PM -0400, doug at safeport.com wrote:
> > > >    pkg_add -r openoffice.org-2.0.2.tbz
> > >
> > > You don't use the full versioned package name, you use the name
> > > in the Latest/ directory, which is probably something like
> > > openoffice.org.
> > >
> > > >    Error: FTP Unable to get
> > > >   
> > > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/
> > > >Latest/openoffice.org-2.0.2.tbz:
> > >
> > > Kris
> >
> > _____
> > Douglas Denault
> > http://www.safeport.com
> > doug at safeport.com
> > Voice: 301-469-8766
>
> Doug,
>
> With open office, you need to chose the major revision, both 1.0 and
> 2.0 are listed. You may need to add the major version number ie
> pkg_add -r openoffice.org-2.0 may work.
>
> Rob
>
I don't understand what the problem is that you all are having. Yes I 
do, you're not using a procedure that works well.

If you want the latest Openoffice binary package, which is 2.0.2, you 
trundle your web browser over to here:
	http://www.openoffice.org/
Click on the green box that says: "Get openoffice.org version 2.0.2" 
which redirects you to: 
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html. When you get to this 
page, you click on the box that says: "Download OpenOffice.org" which 
gets you to a page where you select your language, OS, and download 
site. If you did it correctly, that "download site" clickdown box will 
have "FreeBSD page" in it when selected. This will take you to another 
page, here you select the "Continue to Download" box which takes you to 
the actual site where you get to pick what you want to download.

Maybe you can go straight to it by using this URL:
	http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/

Once you get there, download the darn thing and install it 
using "pkg_add <whatever the name is> or using "pkg_add -v <whatever 
the name is>.

Oh, I almost forgot, this is how you get a binary package that was built 
for Freebsd 5.5 or 6.1

Don