Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:54:51 +0200 From: Guido Van Hoecke <Guido@VanHoecke.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help with pkg_add Message-ID: <3D940ECB.2020503@VanHoecke.org> References: <1033087815.609c1480TapRoot420@myrealbox.com>
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TapRoot420 wrote: > Hello, I just installed FreeBSD 5.0 DP1 and everything is great with the system except i cant get pkg_add to work via ftp. I am trying to install the current afterstep package from the offical freebsd ftp server. > > Here is what i am trying per the handbook. > > # 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/packages/af > terstep/afterstep-1.8.11.tbz... As mentionned earlier on this list, the 'tbz' format is the culprit. AFAIK, switchover to this format is being rolled back. -- Guido Van Hoecke <Guido@VanHoecke.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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