Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 12:36:08 -0600 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: arnab bhowmick <arnabbhowmick111@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I need some solution Message-ID: <5D19A12F-F64D-47E6-85DD-EF8FF472FB98@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <CAGk=YH43=eRv8o-82q09Ur5B1Z2SRNVzLE9j2c7e9KrEZP6c5Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGk=YH43=eRv8o-82q09Ur5B1Z2SRNVzLE9j2c7e9KrEZP6c5Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Redirecting to -questions. Additional comments below. > On Apr 8, 2015, at 12:15 PM, arnab bhowmick = <arnabbhowmick111@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Hello guys i am new to Free BSD. recently I have installed free BSD = 10.1 > release on my system. I am facing some problems. When I am starting my > system and logging in it showing a black screen with some freebsd well = come > note and a sigil($) sign at the left of the screen and nothing else. That is expected. Without a GUI, you get a shell (command line) prompt = after you log in. > No > graphical interface. When I am using pkg install command to install > something like mate-desktop/ GNOME desktop or some other program it = fails > to install the package. It is replying that ( pkg: failed to extract > pkg-static : can't create '/user/local/sbin/pkg-static' ). What to do = next? Are you logged in as the root user or a different user? You typically = need to be root to do package management commands. Please post the exact command you are trying to run and the messages you = get in response. JN
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