Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 01:17:11 +0530 From: Shantanu Mahajan <freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net> To: Ian Todd <isa@mailbox.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packages Message-ID: <20030621194711.GA336@dhumketu.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <200306211838.h5LIcG6k001399@mailgate.mailbox.co.za> References: <200306211838.h5LIcG6k001399@mailgate.mailbox.co.za>
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+-- Ian Todd [freebsd] [21-06-03 20:38 +0200]: | Ive done what u told me and im still not getting it right. The | following is what it says: | | FREEBSD# pkg_add BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz | tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in archive | tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors | pkg_add: tar extract of /tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz failed! | pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from | '/tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz' - not a package? | FREEBSD# gunzip BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz | FREEBSD# ls -a | . BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar | .. scr-bx | BitchX wserv | FREEBSD# pkg_add BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar | tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in archive | tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors | pkg_add: tar extract of /tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar failed! | pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from | '/tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar' - not a package? | | when i try to use ./configure the following is what i get: | | FREEBSD# ./configure | ./configure: Command not found. | | please help. | | Regards | ian you have downloaded the srcs. do the following # cp BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz /usr/port/distfiles # cd /usr/ports/irc/bitchx # make install Regards, Shantanu -- If you want df(1) and other commands to display disk sizes in kilobytes instead of 512-byte blocks, set BLOCKSIZE in your environment to 'K'. You can also use 'M' for Megabytes or 'G' for Gigabytes. If you want df(1) to automatically select the best size then use 'df -h'.
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