I was able to compile from the sources and thanks for the insight. still getting acclimated to freebsd :)
if there is anything I can do to help, please do let me know. Best Shiva On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Kevin Oberman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Shiva Subramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi there - when trying to install lame on my fresh new freebsd - I get > the > > following error msg. Anything I can do to help resolve? > > > > murugan02# pkg_add -r lame > > Error: Unable to get > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/lame.tbz > : > > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > > pkg_add: unable to fetch ' > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/lame.tbz > ' > > by URL > > I don't believe that lame is ever packaged for legal reasons. You will > need to build it yourself, if you want it. Binary distribution would > require FreeBSD to license it (clearly a non-starter), so there is > none. lame is not unique in this regard. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > E-mail: [email protected] > -- Shiva (404) 798-2449 www.linkedin.com/in/subramanian _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
