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Old October 23rd, 2011, 09:10
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Dear colleagues, please tell me how to install software from tar.gz packages? I've tried to look at handbook, but I found nothing...
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Try looking at the documentation of the software you want to install. What software are you talking about? Isn´t it available from the ports tree under /usr/ports? If you don´t know if it´s available try:
Code:
whereis firefox
in case firefox is the software you want to install.

If you want to unpack your tar.gz-file use:
Code:
tar -xf file.tar.gz
. Tar should detect the compression used automatically on newer Versions of FreeBSD. Consult tar(1) on your System.
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Old October 23rd, 2011, 09:38
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It is not a problem to extract the package. I can't install it... I want to install the package from CD-ROM drive.
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Old October 23rd, 2011, 09:50
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Have you mounted the CD-ROM?

Code:
su -
Code:
mount /cdrom
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Old October 23rd, 2011, 09:52
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A little bit information would be very helpful. What are you trying to install and what have you done so far? Have you tried the whereis command? Last time i have installed software from CD-ROM was in 2006
Did you mount the CD?
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KDE mounted the CD-ROM automatically. I am running FreeBSD under VMWARE Workstation 7.1. To run video driver correctly I must install VMWARE tools package, that is mounted to the virtual machine as CD-ROM. The CD contains tar.gz package. I can access it. I tried to extract the package with console tar and graphical tar, but it does now want to compile.

Code:
cd /folder/package_folder
make install
"don't know how to make package"

If I try

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pkg_add /cdrom/package.tar.gz
it tells me "unable to extract table of contents file"...
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Old October 23rd, 2011, 10:45
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Hmm, I don´t use FreeBSD as a guest under VMWARE. But I found this: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/do...s_freebsd.html
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If I try

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pkg_add /cdrom/package.tar.gz
it tells me "unable to extract table of contents file"...
It will always say that, because pkg_add operates with *.tbz files only.
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It will always say that, because pkg_add operates with *.tbz files only.
Ok, clear. So, how should I install tar.gz?
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tar.gz is just a compressed archive file, it could contain anything. How to install the contents will depend on what those contents are.

Ports like emulators/open-vm-tools might be a better alternative.
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please tell me how to install software from tar.gz packages?
1) Unpack the archive.
2) Enter the DIR
3) less README
4) ./configure --help
5) ./configure
6) make (gmake)
7) sudo make (gmake) install
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This is how we do vmware-tools at my job.

An installed version of Perl is needed.
The compatibility layer for BSD version 6.x is needed

# cd /usr/ports/misc/compat6x
# make install clean

Present the guest OS using vSphere -> Guest -> Install/Upgrade VMware Tools
The presents a virtual cdrom to the guest OS.

Mount the cdrom
# mount /cdrom

Mount the tools file from cdrom
# cp /cdrom/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz /root

uncompress them
# gzip -d vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
untar them
# tar -xvf vmware-freebsd-tools.tar

move into the directory
# cd vmware-tools-distrib

execute the install script
# ./vmware-install.pl

answer a bunch of questions. The defualts setting are fine.

Please remember to configure your network by adding:
Code:
ifconfig_vxn0="dhcp"
to the /etc/rc.conf file and start the network with:
# /etc/netstart
to use the vmxnet interface using DHCP.

The new virtual interface is hidden from the OS. The VMware host can now talk to the guest OS via the vxn0 interface.
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