Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:57:03 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problem installing an RPM file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980512175444.1694C-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <3558D877.954620D2@cybcon.com>
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On Tue, 12 May 1998, William Woods wrote: >I ave installed the RPM for FreeBSD and am trying to install an RPM file >with rpm -i -v -h xxxxxxx.rpm but I get this message: > >xxxxx.rpm is for a different operating system >error: xxxxxxx.rpm cannot be installed > >Any idea how to fix this problem? Redhat package manager is for Redhat Linux. I am unaware that this has been ported to FreeBSD. This is beside the point. FreeBSD has it's own very excellent method for installing packages. See 'man pkg_add'. Thank you, | Try some of this. It will show you where you're at. Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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