On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, charlie an wrote:

> I tried to compile and install kde, but kdebase compilation exhausted
> the virtual memory. so I downloaded the binary set of kdebase and
> installed it under /usr/X11R6. back to /usr/pkgsrc/kde, "make" still
> didn't find kdebase. does pkg install system checks in the package
> directory instead of targeting directory? how to tell it that kdebase
> has been installed? (or maybe it's installed in a wrong place?)
> alternatively, is that any doc regarding the pkg installatin system? I'm
> not familiar with CVS. 

What you need to do to install packages is use the pkg_add, rather than
untarring the file. pkg_add will put things where they need to go, and
register the package with the package registration database.

Take care,

Bill