Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:45:40 -0700 From: "Alex Davidson" <alexd@idcomm.com> To: "FREEBSD-NEWBIES ML" <FREEBSD-NEWBIES@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Installing packages Message-ID: <000001be0079$f4410fe0$0100a8c0@pony-pii-450>
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Having installed v2.2.7 and got XFree86 to work I am confused as to how to install packages. I have about 4 tar files I am trying to install and they exist on my primary drive in c:\FreeBSD\packages - FreeBSD is on my secondary drive. When I run /stand/sysinstall and choose to install packages it says something along the lines of being unable to find /index - I don't have the CD and I suspect it is looking for a directory structure I do not have in place. Given that I am still working on getting a PPP connection to work and so have to use my Win95 connection to get to ftp.freebsd.org and download the files I want, where should I put the tar files and how do I go about installing them? Thanks, Alex ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alex Davidson E-Mail/PowWow: alexd@idcomm.com ICQ Pager: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/264464 I-Phone: alexd@pub1.ipn.vocaltec.com Home Page: http://www.idcomm.com/personal/alexd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1024 PGP Key - http://pgp.ai.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x62103F05 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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