From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 19 16:35:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA26053 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 May 1997 16:35:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA26033 for ; Mon, 19 May 1997 16:34:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-130 [207.14.72.130]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA00457; Mon, 19 May 1997 14:32:58 -0800 Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 22:00:36 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net To: Brett Glass cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing packages after initial install In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970519131352.0073a7f0@lariat.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 19 May 1997, Brett Glass wrote: stick em in /usr/packages/All (with Index in /usr/packages) and use sysinstall, or use pkg_add. > I've at last completed an upgrade of an existing system to 2.2.2, and would > like to add some packages. Unfortunately, it looks as if I've missed my > chance! While it is easy to add packages from the installer, it seems to be > impossible to run the installer later and bring in the packages. (It wants > to take over the Ethernet interface, which is of course already in use and > needed by others on the system.) > > How does one bring in packages AFTER installation? > > --Brett > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------