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Re: How to install comp.tgz after installed base system?

To: Christopher Linn <celinn@mtu.edu>
Subject: Re: How to install comp.tgz after installed base system?
From: Horacio <homega@wanadoo.es>
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 00:14:28 +0100
Cc: misc@openbsd.org
In-reply-to: <20020201164620.B8491@mtu.edu>; from celinn@mtu.edu on Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:46:20PM -0500
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Or just doing and (U)pgrade and installing only the
comp28.tgz archive.

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:46:20PM -0500, Christopher Linn
wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 01:29:20PM -0800, James A. Peltier
> wrote:
> > pkg_add I believe
> 
> notice at the top of pkg_add(1):
>  
>            Note: System distribution files, e.g.
>            base28.tgz, comp28.tgz, etc., are not packages
>            and may not be installed using pkg_add.
>  
> the correct way is:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:23:18PM -0500, josh wrote:
> > root# cd /
> > root# tar xvzpf /path/to/whereever/you/downloaded/compXX.tgz
>  
> chris
> 

-- 
Horacio

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