Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:16:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Moony <timm@uniqsite.com> To: anthony@sohopros.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: downloading a port. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407211025.965A-100000@uniqsite.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980405195120.008f49a0@pop.flash.net>
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On Sun, 5 Apr 1998 anthony@sohopros.com wrote: > Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 19:51:22 -0500 > From: anthony@sohopros.com > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: downloading a port. > > I would like to down load the port for netscape v4.05, but > when I go to the FTP directory: > /pub/FreeBSD/ports-2.2.5/www/netscape4/ at ftp.freebsd.org > there arn't any ....tar.gz files. Shouldn't there be? > Can someone give me some direction? > It's a port, not a package. You'll do: ftp ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-2.2.5/www/netscape4.tar Then you'll mkdir netscape and move the file there: mkdir netscape cd netscape tar xvf ../netscape4.tar and then make * You'll need to define a couple of Netscape variables before you'll be able to run it. Read the document that came with Netscape. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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