new machine trying to install /usr/ports

[Neal Hogan]

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Admin<admin at enabled.com> wrote:
> hi there,
>
> I am trying to get some basic ports tools installed on a new machine.  I
> downloaded the entire ports.tar.gz and then placed all those contents in
> /usr/ports
>
> What are the best next steps to follow to get things up an running?  I was
> hoping to install portsnap but here the error I am receiving.  What is
> wrong?
>

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/portsnap.html

>
> su-3.2# pkg_add -r portsnap
> Error: FTP Unable to get
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-6-stable/Latest/portsnap.tbz:
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> pkg_add: unable to fetch
> 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-6-stable/Latest/portsnap.tbz'
> by URL
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Noah
>
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