Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:30:48 +0200 From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: Zen <zen8061@zen.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add Message-ID: <405A3128.6010702@ispro.net.tr> In-Reply-To: <FGECJDEHFNLFJMKMFJEOOEOKCMAA.zen8061@zen.co.uk> References: <FGECJDEHFNLFJMKMFJEOOEOKCMAA.zen8061@zen.co.uk>
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You cant just add a tgz file as a package. It must be a special tgz file prepared as a package. You can think about this like sending chocolate with mail, the chocolate is packaged but not in a way that your local post would accept, you should repackage the chocolate and write instructions(address) over it. Some people who creates these packages for FreeBSD makes some information for pkg_add program to understand ready inside the tgz/tbz files and you can use the pkg_add program to install these packages. Please read... http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/packages-using.html I would suggest that you open the file with tar zxvf scan-devel-4.29.2.tgz and find installation instructions inside... There must be some README or INSTALL files...or perhaps on the web site of this application...there should be some documentation... You can get packages of many of the programs at http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ Evren Zen wrote: > Hi, > > I am on a big learning curve with FreeBSD but enjoying it every step of the > way. I have been sent a update which I am having trouble installing can > some one tell me the error of my ways or point to the correct manual page > for adding this package. I can not use the ports program as it has not been > added as a up date yet. > > Below is the error I get > > > pkg_add scan-devel-4.29.2.tgz > tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in archive > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > pkg_add: tar extract of /tmp/scan-devel-4.29.2.tgz failed! > pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from > '/tmp/scan-devel-4.29.2.tgz' - not a package? > > Thanks for any help or suggestions > > Zen > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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