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Date:      Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:58:43 +0100
From:      Julian Fagir <gnrp@gnrp.in-berlin.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New to FreeBsd
Message-ID:  <20110103155843.453147a0@adolfputzen>
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Hi,

> I am new to the Free BSD and i have a question on how to install a
> packet.What i have to type to download a python editor?I cant find the right
> packet name.Thank you very much.
there are mainly two ways to install packages - via ports (i.e. you compile
it yourself) or via pkg_add. The first is usually the preferred way, but you
need to have the ports-collection installed.

You can read about the packages system in the handbook:
  http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html

Regards, Julian

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