From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 8 6: 8:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.mango-bay.com (mail.mango-bay.com [208.206.15.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 558DC37B41C for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 06:08:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from barbish ([63.70.155.35]) by mail.mango-bay.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-52377U2500L250S0V35) with SMTP id com; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:10:50 -0500 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" To: Cc: "FBSD Questions" Subject: RE: install package from pre-downloaded tgz file? Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:08:07 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020108075742.01a8de80@mail.sage-american.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG That's where I put the tgz file. I then issued command pkg_add pkg-name-21.1.14.tgz did not work. Now do I point pkg_add command to pre-downloaded tgz file? -----Original Message----- From: jacks@sage-american.com [mailto:jacks@sage-american.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:58 AM To: Joe & Fhe Barbish; FBSD Questions Subject: Re: install package from pre-downloaded tgz file? I usually put them in the /usr/ports/distfiles directory and install works for me.... At 08:50 AM 1.8.2002 -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: >When I tried to pkg_add -rv pkg-name got message that >file could not be found on FTP server xxxxx or server >could not be reached or no access allowed. >Before these messages it also said passive ftp enabled. >I then used FBSD web/ports to locate the package and >downloaded to a win box and then moved it to FBSD. >I can not get pkg_add to find and use this package tgz file. > >Does the package tgz file have to be in some directory for >the pkg_add to find it? IF so where? > >How do I get pkg_add to use the local package.tgz file >to install from? > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin =================================================== Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com "My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; ....situation excellent! ....I shall attack!" =================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message