I did a minimal installation of FreeBSD a long time ago. At the time, I did not install manual pages. To later install these man pages, I should be able to do the following:
- Run sysinstall
# sysinstall
- Select Configure
Configure Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD - Select Distributions
Distributions Install additional distribution sets
- Select man
[X] man System manual pages - recommended
- Select installation media
- Pick an FTP mirror and install.
Unfortunately, I received the following error message:
Warning: Can’t find the `8.2-RELEASE-p3′ distribution on this FTP server. You may need to visit a different server for the release you are trying to fetch or go to the Options menu and to set the release name to explicitly match what’s available on ftp.freebsd.org (or set to “any”).
To solve this issue, I went under the options for sysinstall and set the Release Name to 8.2-RELEASE, instead of 8.2-RELEASE-p3. Like the following:
- Go to sysinstall main menu and select the options
Options View/Set various installation options
- Choose release name
Release Name 8.2-RELEASE-p3 -> Release Name 8.2-RELEASE
- Then install the manual.
Thanks Titus Barik.