FreeBSD ports problem

[Amitabh Kant]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Harpreet Singh Chawla <
preet10101992 at gmail.com> wrote:

> yup...did it...and downloaded manually...
> But its giving a checksum matching error.
>
> *Harpreet Singh Chawla*
>
>
> On 29 August 2013 22:48, Amitabh Kant <amitabhkant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Harpreet Singh Chawla <
>> preet10101992 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have been trying to install virtualbox support for my FreeBSD 9.1. A
>>> package named v4l_compat-1.0.20120501.tar.gz is causing problems in the
>>> installation. The package was downloaded automatically and it exists in
>>> /usr/ports/distfiles, yet it keeps giving an error stating that the file
>>> doesn't exist.
>>>
>>> Please help.
>>> *Harpreet Singh Chawla*
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>
>> No idea about virtualbox port, but have you tried deleting the offending
>> file (rm -f /usr/ports/distfiles/v4l_compat-1.0.20120501.tar.gz)?
>>
>> Amitabh
>>
>
>
After deleting, you don't need to download it manually. The port should
download it if needed.  Try updating your ports tree to see if the problem
has been rectified.

Amitabh