Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 04:15:11 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> To: Edward Lichtner <lichtner@9online.fr> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating an INDEX file for local tbz packages Message-ID: <20050207041511.34ce46a5@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <BE2BCB82.205D%lichtner@9online.fr> References: <BE2BCB82.205D%lichtner@9online.fr>
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On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 13:26:26 +0100 Edward Lichtner <lichtner@9online.fr> wrote: > Hi all, > I just moved from a Mac to a PC and, quite obviously, chose to install > FreeBSD as a preferred OS, just to stay with the family. > > I installed 5.3 stable from a set of CDs that also include a collection of > additional packages. Installation went fine and the OS booted OK. I then > copied the packages from the 6 Cds to a directory I created called /pkg, as > recommended by the leaflet. I used on all CDs : > cp /cdrom/All/* /pkg > > I then tried to install a package using : pkg_add /pkg/fr-kde-i18n-3.3.0.tbz > I get a message that some needed packages cannot be found. But these > packages are actually in the /pkg directory. I assume I have to create an > INDEX file inside /pkg to tell pkg_add what is available in the directory. > > Any clue how I should do it ? man pkg_add and pay attention at ENVIRONMENT section. I also suggest that the appropriate place to ask questions is questions@ or ports@ -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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