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Date:      Sun, 7 Aug 2005 23:00:31 +0200
From:      Marcel Lautenbach <jeansen@gmail.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: error installing some ports after fress system-install - bsd 5.4
Message-ID:  <418638850.20050807230031@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <42F63434.8050603@cs.tu-berlin.de>
References:  <251025804.20050807175623@gmail.com> <42F63434.8050603@cs.tu-berlin.de>

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Guten Tag Bj=F6rn K=F6nig,

am Sonntag, 7. August 2005 um 18:17 schrieben Sie:

> Marcel Lautenbach wrote:

>> [...]
>> So, first I've installed bsd the standard way. After installing
>> I went back the the post-configuration.
>> Then I tried installing some ports for kde and gnome. For the
>> ease of installing I just seleced the meta-ports. I also selected
>> some editors. (emacs and vim)
>> Well, and that's it. I clicked "Install".
>> But, after some ports sysinstall came up with an error that said:
>>=20
>> Add of package shared-mime-info-0-15_9 abortet, error code 1 -
>> Please check the debug screen for mor info.
>>=20
>> and the debug screen said:
>> tar: Error opening archive: Empty input file: Inappropriate file type or=
 format
>> pkg_add: tar extract of - failed!
>> pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from '-' not a package?
>> [...]

> I never did it this way, i.e. with sysinstall. I heard from other users
> that this often causes errors. Install additional packages as described
> in the handbook chapter 4 and 5.

> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/

> Regards Bj=F6rn




hi bj=F6rn,

thanks for your answer. well, so far i have done several
installtations (from 4.8 to 4.11 and 5.2 to 5.4) but this is the first
time i am experiencing these problems.
well, i will try it by hand then.

thanks for your help.

--=20
Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen
Marcel Lautenbach
mailto:jeansen@gmail.com





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