Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 04:58:58 +1100 From: paul thodiyil <pthodiyil@gmail.com> To: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing wine on 6.0 RC Message-ID: <cb10d07d0511030958r40134e36qa6a299c8e710e163@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200511031645.43358.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <cb10d07d0511030611k7aae7580h7739b524587126ae@mail.gmail.com> <cb5206420511030625y4cda2c61xe2d3dd6f28023d62@mail.gmail.com> <cb10d07d0511030629r5dc49bfy5e6141cabcf9a6c7@mail.gmail.com> <200511031645.43358.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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Many thanks Roland .. Great help. I will try your suggestions. I had installed the AMD 64 version of FreeBSD on my AMD64 CPU - I will try the i386 version. PT On 11/4/05, RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> wrote: > > On Thursday 03 November 2005 14:29, paul thodiyil wrote: > > On 11/4/05, Andrew P. <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 11/3/05, paul thodiyil <pthodiyil@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am sort of new to FreeBSD and still learning the ropes. I am > having > > > > > > great > > > > > > > trouble installing WINE and indeed other packages on my AMD64 > desktop > > > > running FreeBSD ver 6.0. I had added this package during the > > > > > > installation > > > > > > > process. > > > > With the 'whereis wine' command, I get: /usr/ports/emulators/wine > > > > Then when I type pkg_add wine, I get 'can't stat package file wine' > > > > Could someone tell me what I could be doing wrong? > > > > Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > > > > > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > Wine does not run on anything but x86 yet. Sorry. > > > Many thanks. Saves me a lot of sweat. > > Are you aware that an amd 64 processor can run either the AMD64 or i386 > versions of FreeBSD? Wine will run on the the later. > > It wasn't clear to me whether "on my AMD64 desktop" referred to the OS or > the > CPU. If you have installed the AMD64 version of the OS then I would advis= e > you to consider replacing it with the I386 version, which has fewer rough > edges. > > > The actual problem you report will happen on *any* system: > > # pkg_add wine > pkg_add: can't stat package file 'wine' > > The correct usage is either > > pkg_add -r wine #install a wine package from a server > > or something like: > > pkg_add wine-20050930.tbz #install this particular local file >
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