X11/KDE on FreeBSD 10.3

[Gary Aitken]

On 01/10/17 15:14, Dr Lyman Hazelton wrote:

> I have purchased the FreeBSD installation DVD from FreeBSD Mall.  I
> am installing on a newer AMD 64 system. I have had no issue with
> getting FreeBSD UNIX up and running on this machine.  However, when I
> try to use either pkg install xorg or I try to make the port of most
> anything (like, for example, emacs), the install always fails. The
> fail when attempting to use pkg install happens when pkg install
> tries to update the catalogue, where it says there is no address
> record.  Then it says a pkg update is required. Doing a pkg update
> seems to do nothing and the install fails in all events. Trying to
> install anything using a make install clean in the port directory
> appears to die when it can't find pkgconf and, again, says there is
> no address record. What am I doing wrong here?  I have what appears
> to be a happily working FreeBSD UNIX that talks to the Internet just
> fine and does all the basic things it's supposed to do.  I want to
> get X11 and KDE running on this system.  I finally got a port from
> freebsd.kde.org/ports.php to compile and install, but I have not been
> able to install X or anything else (like emacs or pkgconf). Any
> wisdom about this, please?

It would help if you would post the actual commands you are using and the
output.

It may be a DNS error; does DNS resolution work?
What's the output of 
  host ftp.freebsd.org
What's in /etc/resolv.conf?
If nothing, do:
  echo '208.67.222.222' >/etc/resolv.conf
which is an opendns.com nameserver.
You will probably want something else permanently depending on your ISP.

I build from ports so I'm not much help with packages.
However, this article:
  https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/47515/
indicates 
  pkg update -f
may resolve the problem once you know DNS is working.

Gary