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Date:      Thu, 9 Apr 1998 00:09:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Oscar Valdez <oscar@rcp.net.pe>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: packages cd rom
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980409000848.13615b-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <m0yN4mc-001gdNC@quena.rcp.net.pe>

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On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Oscar Valdez wrote:

> pleae : how i specify a diferent path to install the packages in the
> cdrom??
> 
> I have copied all the distribution in a cd, but the packages in a
> directory called:
> /packages/www
> /packages/x11
> /packages/databases
> etc etc.
> 
> when i start /stand/sysinstall and try to install the packages, i got an
> error: packages path not found or something
> 
> the freebsd system i had installed ok but the packages dont

Use the `pkg_add' command to install packages -- sysinstall assumes you
have a CD.  Just run `pkg_add /path/to/package.tgz'.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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