From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 17:59:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06A6016A41F for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:59:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pthodiyil@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BAB143D46 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:58:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pthodiyil@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i34so228938wra for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:58:58 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=m/+U0dgQnoD6GYA1aoqXD6DBT4ywvgOFEWt2hwZVTOp4rwwpLiBG4qIzy6eDVq0kGFAzCUXLeZISvzVlxbmfmV4XssSzsEQj6CG2jUxJKf/Od1lTSSf33z6KhGDX9ZVId8fiKHUsJMYsAK9LflSF6q6LI90WiBbMl2sHv2Jg2Q8= Received: by 10.65.235.11 with SMTP id m11mr991022qbr; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:58:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.249.17 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:58:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 04:58:58 +1100 From: paul thodiyil To: RW In-Reply-To: <200511031645.43358.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200511031645.43358.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing wine on 6.0 RC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:59:00 -0000 Many thanks Roland .. Great help. I will try your suggestions. I had installed the AMD 64 version of FreeBSD on my AMD64 CPU - I will try the i386 version. PT On 11/4/05, RW wrote: > > On Thursday 03 November 2005 14:29, paul thodiyil wrote: > > On 11/4/05, Andrew P. wrote: > > > On 11/3/05, paul thodiyil wrote: > > > > I am sort of new to FreeBSD and still learning the ropes. I am > having > > > > > > great > > > > > > > trouble installing WINE and indeed other packages on my AMD64 > desktop > > > > running FreeBSD ver 6.0. I had added this package during the > > > > > > installation > > > > > > > process. > > > > With the 'whereis wine' command, I get: /usr/ports/emulators/wine > > > > Then when I type pkg_add wine, I get 'can't stat package file wine' > > > > Could someone tell me what I could be doing wrong? > > > > Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > > > > > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > Wine does not run on anything but x86 yet. Sorry. > > > Many thanks. Saves me a lot of sweat. > > Are you aware that an amd 64 processor can run either the AMD64 or i386 > versions of FreeBSD? Wine will run on the the later. > > It wasn't clear to me whether "on my AMD64 desktop" referred to the OS or > the > CPU. If you have installed the AMD64 version of the OS then I would advis= e > you to consider replacing it with the I386 version, which has fewer rough > edges. > > > The actual problem you report will happen on *any* system: > > # pkg_add wine > pkg_add: can't stat package file 'wine' > > The correct usage is either > > pkg_add -r wine #install a wine package from a server > > or something like: > > pkg_add wine-20050930.tbz #install this particular local file >