From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 11 14:17:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA23362 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:17:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (root@brosenga.Pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA23348 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:17:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA02175; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:16:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:16:48 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre To: "Frank A. Herda, C.M.H." cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem installing packages with pkg_add In-Reply-To: <19970211124503.AAA19602@dcro6.dcro.dla.mil> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Frank A. Herda, C.M.H. wrote: > I've got 2.1.6 up and running and have been trying to > install some packages. > > >From what the responses I received from this mailing list, > I tried using pkg_add instead of sysinstall. > > I ftp'd (binary mode) files from my ftp server (that I > copied the packages directory of the cd and also ftp'd > (yes in binary mode) updated one from ftp.freebsd.org > to install but I keep running into this problem. > > The problem I'm running into is I get the following > message: > > Unable to open table of contents file `+CONTENTS' - not a package? Hmm . . . run "tar -tvzf pkg_name" on the downloaded packages just to make *extra* sure they're not corrupted. > Any one have an idea what's happening and what I'm doing wrong? > > Thanks for the help! > > > Col. Frank A. Herda, C.M.H. > (216)479-7989 Voicemail/Pager > http://www.herda.com > > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."