From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 24 15:32:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 0E9BA16A41F for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:32:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bharmaji@yahoo.com) Received: from web33103.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web33103.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.206.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A261943D45 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:32:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bharmaji@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 11172 invoked by uid 60001); 24 Aug 2005 15:32:36 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=UM+S0lVsnlPh6/L47TfSAb13SDY+Q2gJBlw0ug/mJ/m4xRx9OcULN0suzK7+9feJ59SisQDSvPN76rkCAaNTDOqpzzoZ7vw53IeCDw6Ac9OlOWYR3Tb/+c976mX4bL9uFMgLcCA8qePnZAA0jLg1qL57Um2Yox3fLyim9Gk12Fw= ; Message-ID: <20050824153236.11170.qmail@web33103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.6.246.64] by web33103.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:32:36 PDT Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:32:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Bharma To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1C366FA5-B4A1-472B-B1E9-2B36E6BBBFD6@optusnet.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Jerahmy Pocott Subject: Re: How do I get packages with tgz files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:32:38 -0000 Am sorry for the typos. The problem is actually this. The KDE packages available right now are tbz files. However, pkg_add on FreeBSD 4.2.8 understands only tgz files. I earlier wrote that I was trying to install tgz files though I meant that I was trying to install tbz files. So the question is how to I get tgz files? The different ways that I have thought of a) Download tbz - convert it into tgz and let pkg_add download it from a local ftp location. The problem is that what happens if pkg_add wants to download dependencies also (or is kde-.tgz the complete package and is the only file to be downloaded) b) build from ports - qt compilation is failing c) upgrade pkg_add only to understand tbz files. This is a better solution except I don't know how to upgrade pkg_add only (and if it is possible with FreeBSD 4.2.8 kernel) --- Jerahmy Pocott wrote: > > On 24/08/2005, at 4:10 PM, Bharma wrote: > > > Hi > > I am working with a machine with FreeBSD 4.2.8 > > version. I am not allowed to change the version on > the > > machine. I want to install some packages - in > > particular the KDE package on the machine > > pkg_add > > > ftp://pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/kde/kde.tbz > > results in pkg_add responding that it does not > > understand tgz files. It may be that pkg_add for > > FreeBSD 4.2.8 is old. How do I get tgz files then. > > Well 4.2 is pretty old now.. > > But tgz files are the same as .tar.gz, it is just an > abbreviation of it, > it means the file has been tar'd then gzipped.. > > You can extract it with tar using the -z option or > run gunzip on it > first.. > _______________________________________________ > 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" > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs