On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 06:13:55AM -0700, Bill Hudspeth wrote:
> Hi Manuel, thank you faor answering back.
> 
> I don't know if my CD has the layout expected by the package system.
> Nevertheless, I am confused because pkg_add cannot find:
>  "package_file.tgz"  or

remplace "package_file" by the one you want to install :)

>  "kde-1.1.2.tgz"
> 
> The CD-ROM is arranged so that the real packages are located in:
> 
> /packages/1.4/i386/all
> 
> 
> and then there is a directory for /pkgtools that has empty files
> (same as /all) and a TRANS.TBL file with batch-like commands for
> installing the entire pkgtools system.
> 
> The same is true for /kde.  All real file are in /all and the
> TRANS.TBL is in /kde.

All files are in /all, other directories should only contains symlinks
pointing to /all.
What do you have in /all ?

> I find all of this quite opaque. Is it possible that I should be using
> an "install" command rather than "pkg_add"?

No, it's really pkg_add.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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