At 9:12 AM -0400 8/6/00, Salvatore Mancini wrote:
>you could untar it ...in which case the command would be
>
>tar -zxpf nameoffile.tgz
>
>However I would recommend using pkg_add with no argumwnts. So
>
>pkg_add nameoffile.tgz
>
>After that read tha samba and swat man pages. They will tell you how 
>to set up everything..

Hmmm...

The tar command will unpack the .tgz file and save it with the 
original owner and permissions.  I usually use the 'o' option instead 
of 'p' as an ordinary user and build the package before becoming root 
for the install.  That way I have a chance of seeing if there is 
something funny before it becomes part of the system.

pkg_add will only work if the .tgz file is a pre-built binary package 
for the same architecture of NetBSD.  The normal non-NetBSD source 
distribution files will not work.  I don't think it even works if 
it's a pkgsource file, though they aren't distributed separately.


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