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Date:      Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:27:16 -0500
From:      "Terry L. Tyson Jr." <ty@tyson.homeunix.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Open Office - installation problem
Message-ID:  <20040424152716.GA43241@tyson.homeunix.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040424122728.75028.qmail@web40305.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20040424122728.75028.qmail@web40305.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 08:27:28PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> FreeBSD 5.2
> 
> I encountered following problem on installing OOo
> 
> OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz
> was download to /usr/home/user/Download
> 
> $ cd /usr/home/user/Download/
> checked md5 OK
> 
> $ ls -al
> ...
> -rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel  73105915 Apr 17 18:11
> OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz
> ....
> 
> $ su -
> password
> 
> # pkg_add OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz
> pkg_add: can't stat package file
> 'OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz'
> 
> Kindly advise what mistake I have committed.
> 
> TIA
> 
> B.R.
> satimis

Stephen,

It's not a package, it's a tgz file. Use "tar xzvf file.tgz". Go to the
OO site and read the install instructions, there are other things you
need to do beside untar the file.

--
Terry

"Because we have been saved through the blood of Jesus, we are not
free to sin with abandon; we are free to abandon sin." -Mark Brousard



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