From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 24 08:28:00 2004 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 B359F16A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 08:28:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kayak.tyson.homeunix.org (cs2416259-45.houston.rr.com [24.162.59.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 305E543D2D for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 08:28:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ty@tyson.homeunix.org) Received: by kayak.tyson.homeunix.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A22AA730; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:27:16 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:27:16 -0500 From: "Terry L. Tyson Jr." To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040424152716.GA43241@tyson.homeunix.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040424122728.75028.qmail@web40305.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040424122728.75028.qmail@web40305.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: Open Office - installation problem 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, 24 Apr 2004 15:28:00 -0000 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