From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 14 19:33:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.nwlink.com (smtp.nwlink.com [209.20.130.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CBE237B43F for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:33:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcwells@nwlink.com) Received: from utah (jcwells@utah.nwlink.com [209.20.130.41]) by smtp.nwlink.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id TAA08953; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:33:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:45:42 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jcwells@utah To: Tim Dimsdale Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing kde doesn't work, everything else works In-Reply-To: <000001c00666$f63e9020$0200a8c0@tim> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Tim Dimsdale wrote: > I downloaded all of the install files from about three ftp sites onto a > dos partition, as well as all of the package files. My question is, > where do I put these files in the \FREEBSD directory so that the > sysinstall will know where kde is ?? I tried putting the kde directory > in the \freebsd\ports\kde, \freebsd\packages\kde, and \freebsd\kde. > With these I have tried using different index files too. I get the > option in the sysinstall menus to install kde as a package or a port > (depending on which index file I used) but the install always comes up > with errors saying that it cannot find the files. It can some other > packages when I choose "all", but ones that I don't really need. Ugg! Your slashes are pointing the wrong way! I'm melting, melting. What a world. What a... If you are installing from source (ports) then the files go in /usr/ports/distfiles. If you are installing a binary package just type 'pkg_add /pathtofile/file.tgz' and awaya you go. You need to read up on the website on how to install software on a freebsd system. It seems you have done things the hard way. Commanly a simple 'make install' in the correct directory will do all the work for you. Thank you, Jason C. Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message