Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 11:14:06 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: empey@integral.on.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another question: Installing packages from a HD. Message-ID: <331BE7DE.4DC4@barcode.co.il> References: <D489D7996@integral.on.ca>
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David Empey wrote: > > I'm having trouble installing the packages from a DOS partition on my > HD. I've copied the directory structure from the fto site > (ftp.freebsg.org), and folllowed the install instructions. The dir > tree looks like this: > > /freebsd/bin > . > . > /packages/archivers/ > /audio/ > > etc. > > The index file is also in the /packages dir. The install utility > finds the index file for the packages, but when it tries to install > them, each package comes up not found. Is there perhaps something > wrong in my dir tree? Any help is appreciated! This is due to DOS trimming the file nanes to 8.3 format. Just copy the file for the package you want into a FreeBSD partition, rename it to its original name on the ftp site, and then use pkg_add <filename.tgz> to install it. > > ___________________________________________________________ > > David Empey > mailto: empey@integral.on.ca > homepage: http://www.integral.on.ca/empey/ > 604-185 Berkshire Drive, London, Ontario, Canada, N6J 3R6 > (519)-474-0296 Nadav
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