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
 "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.

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

Lost as usual,

Bill


> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 05:00:29PM -0700, Bill Hudspeth wrote:
> > Now that I have a CD with the (complete?) package distribution. I want
> > to start adding packages and the commands in man are not clear to me
> > (newbie) and I would appreciate any guidance.
> >
> > First, there is no  /usr/pkg  directory, so I assume nothing other
> > than the essential NetBSD & X have been installed.
> 
> No, but pkg_add will create it.
> 
> >
> > Besides seting up the package management system, I would also like to
> > install KDE becaause I am familiar with it.
> 
> You just need to use pkg_add to install packages: pkg_add <package_file.tgz>
> 
> for example, to install kde, use: pkg_add kde-1.1.2.tgz
> 
> --
> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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