Bob
your points are well taken. I apologize to the list... I had read the docs
but the point I had overlooked was that the installer needed to be in the
same folder as the packages to be installed for it to "see" them. Another
list member was kind enough to point that out. I'll have to retry tomorrow.
Again I assumed the installer could install the apps too, and I always get
into trouble when I assume. Btw, I've corrected my reply to address..don't
know what the heck I was thinking when I set that Netscape configuration.

Jim

Bob Nestor wrote:

> James Kelly  (james.kelly@tcs.wap.org) wrote:
>
> >cpin dosn't work
> >I copy a tgz file to the mac drive and do cpin joe.2.8.tgz
> >/usr/pkg/joe.2.8.tgz
> >and IT DOSNT WORK. Minishell tells me it can't open the file on the mac
> >drive.
> >
> >Tell me guys I installed the darn OS with the mac installer WHY CAN'T I
> >INSTALL
> >THE APPS THE SAME WAY?
> >MiniShell dosn't work
> >how am I supposed to get the apps installed?
> >Help in minishell is no help.
>
> First of all it would help if you'd use a valid reply-to address.
>
> Second it would help if you'd read the installation docuemntation and the
> FAQ.
>
> And it might help if you tried a better approach in asking for help.
>
> cpin does work, but like anything you have to use it correctly.  Usually
> that means reading the docs or using it the way it was designed to be
> used.
>
> The Mac Installer was only written to install the system initially.  Once
> the system is installed it is assumed you'd use the system itself to
> install package applications.  This is a universal method of package
> installation that is fully supported on _ALL_ ports of NetBSD; the
> Installer only exists for the Mac68k port.