From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 20 18:14:28 2005 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 A1D7216A4D4 for ; Fri, 20 May 2005 18:14:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B22B43D64 for ; Fri, 20 May 2005 18:14:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dfarmour@myrealbox.com) Received: from pd5mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr8so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.184]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IGS00LB9VXAVKD0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 May 2005 12:12:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd5mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IGS00607VXAYA70@pd5mr8so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 May 2005 12:12:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from S0106000d87ae2db6.gv.shawcable.net (S0106000d87ae2db6.gv.shawcable.net [24.108.146.24]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IGS00F4IVXALB@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 May 2005 12:12:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 11:14:32 -0700 From: David Armour To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <200505201114.33106.dfarmour@myrealbox.com> Organization: dfarmour.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.8 Subject: NEWBIE: pkg_add syntax clarification for opera 8.01? 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: Fri, 20 May 2005 18:14:28 -0000 hello, reading the manpages for pkg_add & pkg_create have left me no wiser. i'm still confused as to how to use pkg_add to replace a wonky opera 8 with a patched opera 8.01. the handbook instructions i have advise: ... 226 Transfer complete. 92375 bytes received in 5.60 seconds (16.11 KB/s) ftp> exit # pkg_add lsof-4.56.4.tgz .... i'm unclear where the .tgz file should be prior to unleashing pkg_add.... currently, it's sitting on my main user's Desktop. but the handbook [3rd ed., 132] cites the subdirectory -- cd /pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/sysutils/ [admittedly for lsof, above] -- so i'm wondering if i should move opera-8.01-20050509.1-static-qt.i386.freebsd-en.tgz to /usr/ports/distfiles? thanks for any suggestions, short of suicide. :c)