From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 21 11:38:19 2003 Return-Path: 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 7CE1037B401 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:38:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate.mailbox.co.za (mailgate.mailbox.co.za [66.18.76.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0892343F75 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:38:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from isa@mailbox.co.za) Received: from web2 (iweb2.webmail.co.za [192.168.0.12]) by mailgate.mailbox.co.za (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id h5LIcG6k001399 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:38:16 +0200 Message-Id: <200306211838.h5LIcG6k001399@mailgate.mailbox.co.za> Received: from 196.39.78.209 by web2.webmail.co.za with HTTP; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:38:17 +0200 Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:38:17 +0200 From: "Ian Todd" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: WebMail v2.5.6-4 X-Sender-Ip: 196.39.78.209 X-Account: 681154 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:38:19 -0000 Ive done what u told me and im still not getting it right. The following is what it says: FREEBSD# pkg_add BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors pkg_add: tar extract of /tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz failed! pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from '/tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz' - not a package? FREEBSD# gunzip BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz FREEBSD# ls -a . BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar .. scr-bx BitchX wserv FREEBSD# pkg_add BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors pkg_add: tar extract of /tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar failed! pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from '/tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar' - not a package? when i try to use ./configure the following is what i get: FREEBSD# ./configure ./configure: Command not found. please help. Regards ian On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:26:44 -0300 Han Hwei Woo (hhwoo@argosy.ca) wrote: >Just pkg_add the tarballs, like in Slackware. > >Han Hwei Woo >http://www.argosy.ca/~hhw > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ian Todd" >To: >Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:56 PM >Subject: packages > > >> Hi >> >> I am a newbie to freebsd. I am having trouble on installing packages. >> i know about the pkg_add. I downloaded BichX and its >> BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4+Tcl1.5.tar.gz. How will i install that packages >> seeing that its an tar.gz file. ive use tar to extract it then i get >> stuck. Im just using this file for an example.I would like to know >> whats the right way on installing packages.Help please. >> >> regards >> ian >> _______________________________________________________________________ LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD - WWW.HEALTHIEST.CO.ZA Cool Connection, Cool Price, Internet Access for R59 monthly @ WebMail http://www.webmail.co.za/dialup/