Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 11:31:50 +0500 From: "David Empey" <empey@integral.on.ca> To: " steve howe" <un_x@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another question: Installing packages from a HD. Message-ID: <1F5B39083C@integral.on.ca>
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With the exeception of the /usr dir, I have things set up the way you describe. FreeBSD finds the index file, and gives me a list of packages, but then can't find the packages when I try to install them. > like this (and make sure of case sensitivity) ... > /usr/packages/All/*.tgz's > /usr/packages/INDEX > / > >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!
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