From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 27 15:30:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CA8137B401 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:30:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from datasphereweb.com (12-212-67-226.client.attbi.com [12.212.67.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3171743FAF for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:30:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryallsd@datasphereweb.com) Received: (qmail 74029 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2003 22:30:31 -0000 Received: from evrtwa1-ar17-4-47-114-001.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net (HELO bartxp) (4.47.114.1) by datasphereweb.com with SMTP; 27 Jul 2003 22:30:31 -0000 From: "Derrick Ryalls" To: "'marlon corleone'" , , Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:30:13 -0700 Message-ID: <009301c3548e$aa73a260$0200a8c0@bartxp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 In-Reply-To: <20030727215420.12299.qmail@web10001.mail.yahoo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: pkg_add help X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:30:34 -0000 >=20 > should it be in the ports directory when running > pkg_add? like usr/ports/security/packge =20 >=20 > say the package is in the security category >=20 > or its ok to run in in my home directory or should it > be in ports directory?=20 >=20 pkg_add can be run from anywhere, and the file.tgz can reside anywhere. I usually just fetch the package to my home dir then su and pkg_add it.