Help please!!! Pkginstall
 

New to Slackware,in fact Linux in general, and just out of interest I d/loaded kde3.5, from kde.org, did the md5 biz, all ok.
First have I mucked up by burning the pkg contents to cd without each one un-packed first (still in .tgz format) read file just stated use cmd "installpkg name_of_file.tgz"
Error is "cannot install name_of_file.tgz: package does not end in .tgz"
How do I get cmd line to read cdrom as current directory, tried all ways I can think of. Btw Cdrom is mounted.

Some pointing in the right direction would be much appreciated.

I am just tinkering at mo to pick up on commands etc

Am I getting you wrong or did you indeed type literally:
installpkg name_of_file.tgz
That is not a package name but an example line with the actual name and path to be substituted for: name_of_file.tgz
path meaning: where on your cd (i.e. /mnt/cdrom/bla-bla..)
actual name: you get it...

download from Slackware's mirror instead. It's already in binary format, so you only need to upgradepkg *.tgz and it will be installed in your system. You can read my short writings at http://www.informatix.or.id/willy/up...-slackware.php

And make sure that the name of the package and path includes no spaces -- or give it to installpkg in double quotes.

jomen. Yes you did get me wrong.
I was typing /dev/cdrom/package_name.tgz. but no joy.
Got it now. Thanx all

If you coped with this problem, it would be good for others if you share your solution.
If not, try copying it to your root partition and see if it helps.

so I did not get you wrong - not completely...
package_name.tgz is to be substituted for the real name...and you don't go through the device-file but through the mount-point
...nevermind

My apologies Jomen. I realised my mistake was /dev/cdrom and should have been /mnt/cdrom. Sorry for the late apology. Thanks