Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 01:04:10 CDT From: Babak Sehari <sehari@iastate.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Answer to my own question Message-ID: <9607100604.AA21176@eng3.iastate.edu>
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Hello,
I just why cann't I install the packages from an un supported CDROM.
The reason is dos is stupid 8+3 name space OS, so things like
emacs_6.60.tgz will be saved as emacs_6.60; therefore, the pkg_manager
won't find them as .tgz files. The solution is simple just change the
extension to .tgz. For example, emacs_6.60 in the dos directory should
be named emacs.tgz for example.
Since, I learned how to install pakages from various sources, I amy
as well write the document for it in the BSD handbook.
With highest regards,
Babak Sehari
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