Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:00:20 -0700 (MST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> To: Parker Brown <phbrown@gte.net> Cc: Tech Support <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pkg_add trouble with lynx on FreeBSD 3.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903261259020.3621-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu> In-Reply-To: <36FBD643.9EFAE903@gte.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi,
> Both /usr/ports/www/lynx and /lynx-current exist, but pkg_add says
> neither is a .tar archive (I think that's true!) and not a PACKAGE
> (but they both LOOK like packages!) and quits with a "no +CONTENTS
> file" message. HELP! What am I doing wrong? I like to use lynx to
> access handbook!
Because those are ports directories and NOT packages. If you want the
packages you need to download those. If you'd like to use the port then
go to /usr/ports/www/lynx and type, as root, "make install" and the port
will fetch, patch for FreeBSD, build, and install the port.
Brett
***********************************************************
Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu *
brett@daemonnews.org *
*
http://www.daemonnews.org/ *
***********************************************************
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.05.9903261259020.3621-100000>