Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:38:22 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bharma <bharmaji@yahoo.com> Cc: Jerahmy Pocott <quakenet1@optusnet.com.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I get packages with tgz files Message-ID: <20050824223822.GA4025@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050824153236.11170.qmail@web33103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <1C366FA5-B4A1-472B-B1E9-2B36E6BBBFD6@optusnet.com.au> <20050824153236.11170.qmail@web33103.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:32:36AM -0700, Bharma wrote: > Am sorry for the typos. The problem is actually this. > The KDE packages available right now are tbz files. > However, pkg_add on FreeBSD 4.2.8 understands only tgz > files. I earlier wrote that I was trying to install > tgz files though I meant that I was trying to install > tbz files. > So the question is how to I get tgz files? 1) You're looking in the wrong place if you're seeing .tbz packages, because 4.x still uses .tgz packages. but=20 2) There is no such thing as FreeBSD 4.2.8. Perhaps you mean 4.2 or 4.8. Either way, you'll need to look in the correct location on the FTP sites for these packages (e.g. packages-4.8-release/), but since both releases are quite old you might have trouble still finding them on the mirror sites. Check http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org/ Kris --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDDPbeWry0BWjoQKURAuWYAJ4+Loper8c0HvYA3KyW1g2kuIWX6gCg7oVN 6NJnwNJjGno74aEiKeA1MaA= =nrbM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g--
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