From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 30 14:13:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F66014DFB for ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:13:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA07640; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:13:07 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA21215; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:13:06 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.1) id XAA33676; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:13:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gunnar) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:13:06 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt To: FRiGHT Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.2 packages directory Message-ID: <19990630231306.D33486@sr.se> Reply-To: Gunnar Flygt References: <000a01bec33a$0cfd5100$23eba6cb@p233> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <000a01bec33a$0cfd5100$23eba6cb@p233>; from FRiGHT on Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 06:49:24AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 06:49:24AM +1000, FRiGHT wrote: > Hi > > I've been downloading FreeBSD 3.2, and have downloaded everything > except the files in /packages. This directory's contents are huge, > and I'm just wondering if I have to download it all to install FreeBSD? This directory is filled with compiled programs. You can install the ones you need with ports instead. ie. you don't need them to install a fully working 3.2 > > Thanks for your time, > > Fred Dawson > -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message