Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:11:53 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Overwrite bsd tar Message-ID: <4E7C7789.3060504@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <1316777112.68517.YahooMailClassic@web111802.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1316777112.68517.YahooMailClassic@web111802.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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On 9/23/11 1:25 PM, Esimorp E wrote: > Dear all, > > I tried installing GridFTP on Freebsd, had errors which a user group said is due to bsd tar and I downloaded and installed Gnu tar which is required but the command 'tar --version' still show bsd tar as the default. Tried using package and encountered error as shown below. > > [prom@pcbsd-2112] ~> tar --version > bsdtar 2.7.0 - libarchive 2.7.0 > [prom@pcbsd-2112] ~> su > Password: > [prom@pcbsd-2112] /home/prom# pkg_add -r tar > Error: Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest/tar.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest/tar.tbz' by URL > > I would be grateful if anyone could help me out on how to overwrite bsd tar with Gnu tar. > Keep in mind that when you install a package or port, it installs to /usr/local/bin or /usr/local/sbin , not /usr/bin or /bin # ls -la /usr/bin/tar lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6 Feb 21 2011 /usr/bin/tar -> bsdtar -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 62848 Feb 21 2011 /usr/bin/bsdtar # ls -la /usr/local/bin/gtar -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 373664 Sep 23 14:10 /usr/local/bin/gtar
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