[Slapt-get-user] installing from files?

[John B]

On 1/8/07, somae7 <somae7 at verizon.net> wrote:
> I tried using --installpkg but it acted like this wasn't a valid command
> and gave the help file. I tried moving the file into
> /var/slapt-get/slackware/extras/office but got the error "No such package".
>
> Pkgtool isn't able to find the packages (.tgz files) in that directory
> either.
>
Are you using the installpkg command as root or as a regular user?
Only root can use any of the commands related to package
installation/removal.

HTH,
John