Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:05:00 -0700 From: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problem installing an RPM file Message-ID: <3558F1BC.D9B865BC@cybcon.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980512175444.1694C-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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Jason C. Wells wrote: > > On Tue, 12 May 1998, William Woods wrote: > > >I ave installed the RPM for FreeBSD and am trying to install an RPM file > >with rpm -i -v -h xxxxxxx.rpm but I get this message: > > > >xxxxx.rpm is for a different operating system > >error: xxxxxxx.rpm cannot be installed > > > >Any idea how to fix this problem? > > Redhat package manager is for Redhat Linux. I am unaware that this has > been ported to FreeBSD. > > This is beside the point. > > FreeBSD has it's own very excellent method for installing packages. See > 'man pkg_add'. > > Thank you, | Try some of this. It will show you where you're at. > Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ Yes, there is a port of RPM for FreeBSD. But, I would love to use pkg_add, point me to a package of KDE Beta4.... -- William Woods - wwoods@cybcon.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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