Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:59:25 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: alissa bader <molbloo@interport.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make install problem: addendum Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901151755250.2418-100000@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990115014742.9401F-100000@interport.net>
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On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, alissa bader wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Jim Mock wrote: > > > You don't need to uncompress it, it's a package. Just running > > `pkg_add 227upgrade.tgz' will install it for you. > > Hey! I did that, and it worked, and plus I managed to make that > png directory on my machine! > > thanks! I guess this proves that often the most frustrating of > problems have the simplest of answers. > > Are .tgz files generally packages? > Well, that depends.. if you get them out of the packages dir on ftp.freebsd.org then yes. Otherwise, 99% chance of no, depending on where you got it. -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD' zine : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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