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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail From: David Henshaw <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems installing qpop2.2.tar.Z Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 09:50:15 +1000 Organization: Monash University Lines: 45 Message-ID: <33541437.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> References: <3353FB8A.6C56@dragon.illusions.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascend-1-11.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NNTP-Posting-User: root X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) To: "Karl E. Taylor" <ktaylor@dragon.illusions.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39120 Karl E. Taylor wrote: > > Grrrrrrr. > > A friend and I have built a 2.1.5 machine for his church. We have been > trying now for 2 weeks to get the qpop2.2.tar.Z to load into the > system. We have tryed pkg_add, make install, make, etc. etc. etc. This > system will not be connecting to the internet but will be used for local > mail with either netscape's mail or Eudora. > > Can some one please give us some tips. We are going bald quickly. *LAFF* Bald computing people, in a church, now that's funny. Now seriously... Place qpop2.2.tar.Z in /usr/ports/distfiles The following is not a pretty solution, but _does_ work. Mount your cdrom (assuming that is what you are using) with the second CD from the 2.1.5 distribution. On it you will find a directory called ports. so - cd /cdrom/ports/mail/popper (ASSUMING YOU'VE MOUNTED THE CDROM AS /CDROM - read man pages if nec.) Now create a directory mkdir /usr/ports/poppper Copy the contents of the current (/cdrom/ports....etc) directory into the one you just created (/usr/ports/popper). cd /usr/ports/popper ; make This will make the package. Read the install files. You have to add an entry to /etc/passwd before a make install will complete the installation. Then edit /etc/inetd.conf to enable the service. (There is a line somewhere within inetd where popper is mentioned. Simply uncomment it.) Hope this helps David H.