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Date:      Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:50:15 +0000
From:      "TapRoot420" <TapRoot420@myrealbox.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   need help with pkg_add
Message-ID:  <1033087815.609c1480TapRoot420@myrealbox.com>

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Hello, I just installed FreeBSD 5.0 DP1 and everything is great with the sy=
stem except i cant get pkg_add to work via ftp. I am trying to install th=
e current afterstep package from the offical freebsd ftp server.
=20
Here is what i am trying per the handbook.=20

# pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.0-CURRENT/p
ackages/afterstep/afterstep-1.8.11.tbz
Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.0-CURRENT/packag=
es/af
terstep/afterstep-1.8.11.tbz...
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: child returned status 1
Broken pipe


I tried with the -r option.

# pkg_add -r ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.0-CURRENT/pa=
ckages/All/afterstep-1.8.11.tbz
Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i38 6/5. 0-CURRENT/pack=
ages/All/aft erstep -1.8.11.tbz...
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: child returned status 1
Broken pipe


The above will probably get trunicated as i am using a html interface for m=
ail until my system gets setup so please forgive. Anyways..yes i am forma=
ting it as:

pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/whatever

The man does show .tgz as the package format but i dont see that format and=
 assume its been changed to .tbz. I have downloaded several .tbz packages=
 to local disk and used pkg_add to install without trouble but i would li=
ke to use the ftp methode on this one so i dont have to find all the deps=
 etc... as this methode is suppose to install all the deps automatically.

Ftp is working as i can manually #ftp ftp.freebsd.org 

any help would be appreciated.

thanks.

 
 



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