Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 09:40:48 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> To: Kenneth Legg <sce04020@mail.wvnet.edu> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: installing programs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907160932520.17758-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu> In-Reply-To: <3830A47B.B93DCE5D@mail.wvnet.edu>
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Hi, > I'm new to FreeBSD and KDE and would like to know how to install > Netscape Communicator 4.5 form the CD-ROM ports collection. I > installed Netscape 3.2 without any problems. I was told that I needed > to install something called compat-2.2 before I could install > Communicator. I have looked for compat-2.2 on the CD and on the web > without luck. Where can I find compat-2.2 and the instructions to > install it and Communicator? Probably the easiest way to get it is to su to root, then run /stand/sysinstall. Choose custom install, then distributions, then choose custom and you'll see a compat-2.2. Choose it, then go back 2 menus and choose "extract" and ta da. The easiest way to install software on FreeBSD is to use the ports system. If you haven't installed the ports tree (normally in /usr/ports) then you can again use /stand/sysinstall do download it. Go to the 1st menu, choose configure and you can download ports directly off the CD or you can get the packages (pre-compiled binaries). You can also grab the ports tarball (includes the entire tree, but NOT all of the actual software) from: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/ports/ports.tgz I recommend you read the Handbook on installing software (/usr/share/doc/handbook) or http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/index.html Brett *********************************************************** Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu * brett@daemonnews.org * * http://www.daemonnews.org/ * *********************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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