Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:04:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com> To: FRiGHT <fright_@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD 3.2 packages directory Message-ID: <XFMail.990630160443.dburr@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <000a01bec33a$0cfd5100$23eba6cb@p233>
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (actually, it was on 30-Jun-99), the great prophet FRiGHT once wrote: > 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? Short answer: No. Somewhat longer answer: The "packages" directory contains pre-compiled software "packages" for popular add-on software, such as Netscape, Apache (web server), etc. These are not necessary at install time, since you can always install them yourself later, either through the "ports" system in /usr/ports, or by downloading individual package files that you want and using "pkg_add" on them. --- Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com>-Member The FreeBSD Project| PGP: Your *NEW* WWW HomePage: http://more.at/dburr/ ICQ #16997506 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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