Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:12:17 -0800 From: Craig Burgess <craig-burgess@home.net> To: Jerry Lei <tylei@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: about port collection Message-ID: <38B6A9E1.1D956983@home.net> References: <20000225015705.84292.qmail@hotmail.com>
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The packages are precompiled binaries which are installed using pkg_add; the ports collection compiles source. They do not combine functions. If you used pkg_add, the selected apps should have been installed. craig Jerry Lei wrote: > > Hi, > > After pkg_add any pakage, do I need to do something else to use the package. > For example, I pkg_add xemacs, tcsh, ghostview and communicator4.61. > however, I can't execute them if I use exec /usr/ports/repective > directory/package that I added. Is anything I should do between those two > steps(pkg_add and exec) before I can use them? Thanks > > Lei -- ... mind like a steel trap: things wander in and get mangled ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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