Packages
Han Hwei Woo
hhwoo at argosy.ca
Sat Jun 21 11:47:19 PDT 2003
Where did you download the package from? Judging from the name of the file,
it's not an official one. Try:
# pkg_add -r BitchX
And it will automatically fetch the package for you. Or better yet, install
it from ports to compile it from source.
# cd /usr/ports/irc/bitchx; make install clean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Todd" <isa at mailbox.co.za>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 3:38 PM
Subject: Packages
> Ive done what u told me and im still not getting it right. The
> following is what it says:
>
> FREEBSD# pkg_add BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz
> tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> pkg_add: tar extract of /tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz failed!
> pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from
> '/tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz' - not a package?
> FREEBSD# gunzip BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar.gz
> FREEBSD# ls -a
> . BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar
> .. scr-bx
> BitchX wserv
> FREEBSD# pkg_add BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar
> tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> pkg_add: tar extract of /tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar failed!
> pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from
> '/tmp/b/BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4.tar' - not a package?
>
> when i try to use ./configure the following is what i get:
>
> FREEBSD# ./configure
> ./configure: Command not found.
>
> please help.
>
> Regards
> ian
>
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:26:44 -0300 Han Hwei Woo (hhwoo at argosy.ca)
> wrote:
>
> >Just pkg_add the tarballs, like in Slackware.
> >
> >Han Hwei Woo
> >http://www.argosy.ca/~hhw
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ian Todd" <isa at mailbox.co.za>
> >To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> >Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:56 PM
> >Subject: packages
> >
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I am a newbie to freebsd. I am having trouble on installing
> packages.
> >> i know about the pkg_add. I downloaded BichX and its
> >> BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4+Tcl1.5.tar.gz. How will i install that
> packages
> >> seeing that its an tar.gz file. ive use tar to extract it then i
> get
> >> stuck. Im just using this file for an example.I would like to know
> >> whats the right way on installing packages.Help please.
> >>
> >> regards
> >> ian
> >>
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