Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:18:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: lwellis@mindspring.com (LW Ellis) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] pkg_add help Message-ID: <200406181518.i5IFIh426028@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <000b01c454eb$c1ce3160$0200a8c0@LLAPTOP> from "LW Ellis" at Jun 17, 2004 10:21:41 PM
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> > Can someone point me in the right direction. > I have a package I downloaded from FreeBSD.org thru Konqueor. > It ends with .tbz > I could not find this package in the ports collection > thru stand/sysinstall > My two questions are > I need to extract this file>>> Where???? > And then how do I install, make install didn't work. Presuming you downloaded the right version for the versin of FreeBSD you are on - .tbz files start in 5.xxxx, try just putting it in /usr/local/whatever_the_name_is and doing pkg_add whatever_the_name_is.tbz ////jerry > > Thanx in advance. > Later, > Leon > A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. > Sir Winston Churchill > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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