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Is there anyone actively monitoring OpenBSD questions here? I am trying to install nano and then xfce4 and then a few other programs, but every time I try to use pkg_add, I get the message:

Fatal error: bad list v: No such file or directory at /usr/libdata/per15/OpenBSD/Pkg_Add.pm line 1115

I have been reading the man pages, but there is very little help when Googling.

It was a new install of OpenBSD on an old i386 laptop. I used the install56.iso install image. Then I tried installing several programs from OpenBsd packages using another CD, USB and then trying to download them onto the computer. I got the same error message every time. The command has never worked. This is my first attempt to get an OpenBSD system running.

Giacomo1968
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summertime
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  • Please provide more context. As is stands, your question is inanswerable. Is this a new install? Has pkg_add -ever- worked on this machine? You seem inexperienced: How exactly did you install? Any ‘interesting’ configuration going on? Explain us what you’ve done so far, then we might be able to figure out what has gone wrong. – Vucar Timnärakrul Jan 16 '15 at 21:56

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I'll share what I posted in this request

I had run into the same issue while following blogged instructions. It turned out, the command I was using was incorrectly formatted. My mistake, pkg_add -lv software the tags after - should have been an uppercase I and a lower case v instead of a lowercase L and a lowercase v. This occurred through a misinterpretation with the fonts used on the instructions used.

pkg_add -Iv software

After correcting this typo, everything went well. Hopefully, this also corrects your issue and good luck.

user423745
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