Sorry. This happens for lots of different programs... just tried to use pkg_mgr to install gif2png
--- errors ---------------------- Fatal error: Ustar [ http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/packages/amd64/gif2png-2.5.2p1.tgz][share/doc/gif2png/README]: Error while reading header in root's .profile... *PKG_PATH=http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/$(uname <http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/$(uname> -r)/packages/$(uname -m)/* # cat /etc/pkg.conf installpath=http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/packages/amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 66 Aug 12 18:14 pkg.conf Thanks, Daniel On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Daniel Villarreal < >> yclwebmas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm running OpenBSD -stable.When I run pkg_mgr and try to install >>> something, I get an error message "Fatal error: Ustar ... Error while >>> reading header" >>> >> >> Something is wrong with something. Probably the something you were >> trying to install. >> >> >> But if I install a program from the command line, all goes well. >>> >> > I was tempted to leave my gmail "control-enter == send #(*$&(#*%" misfire > as it was, but I'll clarfiy: > > Your email had insufficient details to permit us to assist, leaving out > the details of what package, the exact error message, and what server that > package was installed from. That left something from somewhere having some > problem. Lacking any specific data, the default guess would be that you > somehow tried to install a -current package. The data presented does not > rule that out... > > > Philip Guenther
