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Old 06-01-2012
FreeBSD7.4 Ports Collections
Hi,
During OS installation of FreeBSD7.4/i386 I missed to include ports collection.
Now when I try with sysinstall command via ftp servers avaliable in tha list it says "unable to open ftp connection. Error:0"
Could You Please suggest me the exact site wher I can get ports collection via FTP to those servers..
Please Help!!!
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Old 07-19-2012
FreeBSD since version 5.5 has included the portnsap utility in the base system, so it'll always be provided for you.

portsnap

An easy way to grab a snapshot is to do this:
Code:
portsnap fetch extract update

Then, when you need to update your ports tree:
Code:
portsnap fetch update

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