Subject: Re: Packages
To: Gabriel B. Schine <gabe@tiger.acsu.k12.vt.us>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/08/1998 13:45:19
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Gabriel B. Schine wrote:

> ok, this is what you should do:
> 
> pkg_add -p /usr/local perl5.0004.tgz (whatever it is called)
> you have to be root.

	Uh, you are strongly advised not to use the -p option to pkg_add -
	in many cases it will still leave the package looking in /usr/pkg
	for its library files.

	If you want to install a package in a non standard location,
	use pkgsrc to compile and install - see:
	http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/netbsd/packages.html

		David/absolute

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