>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.
>>
>
>you did do the pkg_add as root?

I'm not sure about pkg_add, as I always do source package installs, but
with those, it'll automatically "su" for you when you try to install. At
the right phase, it'll stop & ask for root password.

Mike
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