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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