From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 4 12:18: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from q4.quik.com (q4.quik.com [216.176.28.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CCF15338 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 12:17:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alyssa@airwayshvac.com) Received: from airwayshvac.com (ip110.boulder.quik.com [209.213.144.110]) by q4.quik.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA224038 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 12:16:47 -0800 Message-ID: <382194AC.54602465@airwayshvac.com> Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 14:14:04 +0000 From: Alyssa Krissen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: wordprocessing, database, and spreadsheet applications Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------15A04E2FF9D06086FB19FFFE" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------15A04E2FF9D06086FB19FFFE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------15A04E2FF9D06086FB19FFFE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="help" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="help" I bought FreeBSD 3.1 on cdrom this spring. I need help installing software from the packages collection for wordprocessing, spreadsheet, and database applications. I am hoping someone can call or email me with the best packages for these applications. I spent most of last night just loading and listing the cdroms to try and figure out what packages were contained, but it is too much data and all I can see are .tgz files and don't know really what the packages are. I am using K Desktop Environment to manage my windows. I have loaded the package from cdrom number 1 called astrolog 5.30 and I can run it from KDE, so I have just a beginner's experience with loading and running packages. I have never tried to install a port, but feel I could be coached to do it. I installed the Berkley database package from cdrom number 1 db-2.3.16.tgz but I haven't been able to start it or find any readme or text or documentation. Your advice is appreciated. Help! Alyssa Krissen, 303-776-4785 1900 Front Range Ave., Berthoud, CO 80513 alyssa@airwayshvac.com --------------15A04E2FF9D06086FB19FFFE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message