Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 13:40:55 +0000 From: Sperber <sperber@w3.brgkepler.asn-graz.ac.at> To: satkal79@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tar files Message-ID: <3A02C067.9C5431D7@w3.brgkepler.asn-graz.ac.at> References: <20001103121706.20733.qmail@web10703.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi The command should be tar xf <file.tar> if it's a .tar.gz or .tgz tar zxf <file.tar.gz or file.tgz> (-> man tar should help) pkg_add is only for packages (extension: .tgz) - but not all .tgz are fbsd packages... Sperber satkal79@yahoo.com wrote: > Hi, > > I am a novice in freebsd.... I tried installing using > the command pkg_add for the tar extension file of > Kdeveloper... but there was error...saying.. > > "tar: +CONTENTS not found in archive > pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file > '+CONTENTS' - not a package? " > > Anyone can tell me what went wrong? Do help > me.....pls. > > Kalai > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > >From homework help to love advice, Yahoo! Experts has your answer. > http://experts.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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