On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:46:31PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:32:24PM +0200, Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 07:05:46PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: > > > I tried to install Hellanzb, a binary news-downloader. It is a > > > python program. On ports.openbsd.nu I found the software but I > > > don't think it is a dedicated OpenBSD package. (OpenBSD ported > > > ) becaulse 'sudo pkg_add ./[pkg-name] didn't work. So I tried > > it "just" didn't work? or did you get an error message? > > if so, the least you can do is tell us what it says... > > > > > installing the manual way. I installed all the dependency > > > software and run 'sudo python2.4 setup.py install'. > > you are completely on your own by doing this. why do think the ports > > exist?! > I downloaded: > ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/distfiles//hellanzb-0.13.tar.gz > > > $ sudo pkg_add ./hellanzb-0.13.tar.gz > Password: > Can't find ./hellanzb-0.13.tar.gz > /usr/sbin/pkg_add: ./hellanzb-0.13.tar.gz:Fatal error > > the file -does- exist, so I found the error message pretty strange. > But it doesn't look like a port-package at all. indeed, because it is fucking DISTFILE! NOT A PACKAGE!
$ export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/i386/ $ sudo pkg_add hellanzb should do the trick.. -- ``Sapere aude!'' NedBSD: http://nedbsd.eu
