Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:22:16 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Dave <dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!) Message-ID: <AANLkTimt7uoZtRTEN-qeLC=BHe0yiPwAE=f5OzdSdpG=@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CF13A7E.9852.186FE1D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> References: <4CED8855.23373.40E2965D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <AANLkTinAPe_o3ehZ%2BPKnK%2BoV0xquuSVo7g-Y6csZerJv@mail.gmail.com> <FB1D1837-A5DE-4578-B23B-F3836979F115@cwis.biz> <4CF13A7E.9852.186FE1D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk>
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On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Dave <dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/ > > > > > > > > Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built with > a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April if memory > serves.) > > I find now, that Sysinstall's ports management utility, has to be "told" > to go look for V8.1 stuff (the Options page) else it just whinges about > not being able to login to the repository ftp servers. > As root, type "portsnap fetch extract" I also like tmux, it's BSD licensed and BSD-like in that is has easier to work with default settings. Once ports are installed you'll want to install a port managment tool, I prefer portmaster. Something like the following will get you up and running with portmaster and install tmux: cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster make install clean && rehash portmaster --no-confirm -D /usr/ports/sysutils/tmux && rehash -- Adam Vande More
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