Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:42:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: V-Vega <vvega@silly.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports.... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970422164149.24344j-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199704220528.BAA20944@silly.com>
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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, V-Vega wrote: > I try to install the ports and this is how i do it. I download it to my > DOS harddrive. Switch to my box, mount the dos partition, copy the tarball > umount the drive, untar the file. It then makes a bunch of > directories..../pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current blah blah blah and when i try > to make....it says something like it cant find a file and then it tried to > ftp to get it or some crap....can u please just help me out by telling me > the proper way to install my ports ????? Thanx so much You're right. Just extract the file and type 'make' to start it up. It'll ftp the source package if you don't have it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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