[Sunhelp] package ERROR

[Brian Scanlan]

On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 11:51:01AM +0300, Cenk Orhun wrote:
> I download gcc-2_8_1-sol7-sparc-local(1).gz from sunfreeware.com
> When I try to install it with the command pkgadd 
> I took this message
> 
> pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in </var/spool/pkg>

You aren't following the install instructions correctly.

Howto install a Sunfreeware package...

1. Download it.
2. gzip -d <filename.gz>
3. pkgadd -d <filename>

You are probably just typing something like
"pkgadd <filename>".

You need to tell pkgadd where you're installing the package from with the -d
switch, or it defaults to /var/spool/pkg.

Brian.
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