>On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:
>
>> pkg_add addnerd-1.6.tgz
>>
>> and it replied:
>>
>> pkg_add: Database-dir /var/db/pkg cannot be generated, aborting.
>>
>> but I checked, and /var/db/pkg is there, but empty. I tried deleting pkg
>> and tried again, with the same result.
>>
>

mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:

>you did do the pkg_add as root?

yes. Not sudo, but actual root.

Dan Killoran