From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 03:14:15 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D36916A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 03:14:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay.rdsnet.ro (gimli.rdsnet.ro [193.231.236.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3795A43D39 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 03:14:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from itetcu@people.tecnik93.com) Received: (qmail 19676 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2005 02:10:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.rdsnet.ro) (62.231.74.130) by smtp1-133.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 7 Feb 2005 02:10:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 23866 invoked by uid 89); 7 Feb 2005 02:18:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.tecnik93.com) (81.196.204.98) by 0 with SMTP; 7 Feb 2005 02:18:12 -0000 Received: from it.buh.tecnik93.com (localhost.buh.tecnik93.com [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.tecnik93.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BED69116A1; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 04:15:11 +0200 (EET) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 04:15:11 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: Edward Lichtner Message-ID: <20050207041511.34ce46a5@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating an INDEX file for local tbz packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 03:14:15 -0000 On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 13:26:26 +0100 Edward Lichtner wrote: > Hi all, > I just moved from a Mac to a PC and, quite obviously, chose to install > FreeBSD as a preferred OS, just to stay with the family. > > I installed 5.3 stable from a set of CDs that also include a collection of > additional packages. Installation went fine and the OS booted OK. I then > copied the packages from the 6 Cds to a directory I created called /pkg, as > recommended by the leaflet. I used on all CDs : > cp /cdrom/All/* /pkg > > I then tried to install a package using : pkg_add /pkg/fr-kde-i18n-3.3.0.tbz > I get a message that some needed packages cannot be found. But these > packages are actually in the /pkg directory. I assume I have to create an > INDEX file inside /pkg to tell pkg_add what is available in the directory. > > Any clue how I should do it ? man pkg_add and pay attention at ENVIRONMENT section. I also suggest that the appropriate place to ask questions is questions@ or ports@ -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"