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From: "N. S. Montanaro" <nsm@airmail.cc>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9front: Trouble installing packages using contrib system
Date: Mon,  5 Jun 2017 13:55:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FC882AE-7040-41D5-ADFA-BFC3664AF3D3@airmail.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEMYS55_Kqkf5yAm0hSm+YvGJtDN+_x+wLt-fe5M-dncYJoHbA@mail.gmail.com>

Under 9front, try the following steps:

% mkdir -p /dist/replica/client
% 9fs sources
% /n/sources/contrib/fgb/root/rc/bin/contrib/install -f fgb/contrib

Then, of course,

% contrib/gui

if you want the minimal GUI to install packages.

Cheers,

- 362///
> 2017/06/05 午後1:49、Modem Blaster <nin.collin@gmail.com>のメール:
> 
> Attempting to install the Plan 9 contrib package manager results in
> "cannot write in /dist/replica." Upon inspection the folder
> /dist/replica does not exist. Still kinda new to using Plan 9, and any
> help greatly appreciated.
> 




  reply	other threads:[~2017-06-05 17:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-05 17:49 Modem Blaster
2017-06-05 17:55 ` N. S. Montanaro [this message]
2017-06-05 18:19   ` Modem Blaster

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