Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:34:45 +0000 From: Eugen-Andrei Gavriloaie <shiretu@gmail.com> To: ohoyer@ohoyer.de Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-newbies Digest, Vol 86, Issue 7 Message-ID: <ab401a9904111406345ac46b50@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041114120103.D3DC316A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20041114120103.D3DC316A4D0@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > Hi, > > Have one question... > > > > I recently installed freebsd. The installation was minimal except i > > added the ports collection. Done that because I wanted to be able to > > cvsupdate and after that be able to install software of my choice. The > > problem is i didn't install man pages, so if i issue "man ls" for > > example it won't work. A quick solution is to install man pages from > > the CD. But i wonder... Is it possible to install the man pages using > > the port collection? > > No, as ports deal only with extra programs, and not with part of the > base system itself. System within the base are installes from CD, or > when you upgrade the system using cvs(up), then they reside underneath > /usr/src > > HTH > Olaf > > -- > Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@ohoyer.de > Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, > ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. > (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese) I will try this sollution. It is the best IMHO
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