Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 08:33:12 -0600 (CST) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> To: Alex Davidson <alexd@idcomm.com> Cc: FREEBSD-NEWBIES ML <FREEBSD-NEWBIES@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Installing packages Message-ID: <XFMail.981026083312.conrads@neosoft.com> In-Reply-To: <000001be0079$f4410fe0$0100a8c0@pony-pii-450>
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On 26-Oct-98 Alex Davidson wrote: > Having installed v2.2.7 and got XFree86 to work I am confused as to how to > install packages. I have about 4 tar files I am trying to install and they > exist on my primary drive in c:\FreeBSD\packages - FreeBSD is on my > secondary drive. > When I run /stand/sysinstall and choose to install packages it says > something along the lines of being unable to find /index - I don't have the > CD and I suspect it is looking for a directory structure I do not have in > place. > Given that I am still working on getting a PPP connection to work and so > have to use my Win95 connection to get to ftp.freebsd.org and download the > files I want, where should I put the tar files and how do I go about > installing them? I assume you mean DOS is on the first IDE controller on your system. Mount your DOS drive: mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /mnt (or whatever mount point you care to use) Then use pkg_add: pkg_add /mnt/FreeBSD/packages/<package-name> -- Conrad Sabatier The moon may be smaller than Earth, but it's further away. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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