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gatttliff
10-11-2005, 05:30 AM
Hi I new to all of this I trying out pkg_add it work but it want other packages it need that are older then one already install so it can't install the package I want also is cvsup just for updating packages or can it get new packages[/b] :?:

shortcane
10-22-2005, 12:30 AM
Try it w/ -r option (you must have internet connection). Give what it asks even if you already have the newer package and than it required.

pkg_add -r <your_package_name>

For cvsup:
(You must be root to issue this command)
cvsup -h cvsup.se.freebsd.org ~/standard-supfile