Subject: Re: package manager woes
To: harry <harry@chatsubo.com>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/17/1998 08:59:22
harry wrote:
> i recently got NetBSD up and running on an old se/30, and i downloaded a
> bunch of packages. i then installed pkg_add (which compiled and ftped for
> days and days..still have no idea what it did).
really? that's kinda weird. i think doing a pkg_info will tell you
what's currently installed, tho.
> so i tried to install
> apache and lynx and qpopper and stuff (pkg_add package.tgz), but nothing
> seems to work.
i believe the have to have the binary already on your machine to do
that...is it there?
> su is also broken (i guess you guys can smell linuxers a
> mile away). any idea what i might be doing wrong, or maybe a pointer to
> an archive of this list which probably has the answers i'm looking for?
in general, i'd point you to the FAQ (http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/faq/)
but i know these aren't in there. there is a document that fully
describes the package system available on www.netbsd.org, tho. as for the
'su' problems, you need to be a little more specific: how is 'su' broken?
what are you expecting it to do that it isn't?
later.
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Colin Wood cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD Intel Corporation
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