Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:58:39 -0400 From: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net> To: "Michael L. Squires" <mikes@siralan.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to install a tar.gz from console. Message-ID: <200307261758.39723.matthew@starbreaker.net> In-Reply-To: <200307262149.h6QLnGs1055098@siralan.org> References: <200307262149.h6QLnGs1055098@siralan.org>
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On Saturday 26 July 2003 05:49 pm, Michael L. Squires wrote: > > How do u install tar.gz packages from terminal. > > cd <install-directory> > tar xvfz <tar.gz directory>/<file-name>.tar.gz > > or am I missing something? Are you trying to install a software package with a name like foobar.tgz? You have to use the pkg_add tool. If you just want to unzip it, then tar xzvf $archive will do, or tar xjvf $archive if it's compressed with bzip2 (*.tar.bz2) instead of gzip (*.tar.gz) Does this help? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net "I am become root, shatterer of kernels."
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