Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:45:41 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kennaway@usc.edu> To: Stephen Liu <satimis@yahoo.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Which is the right package to install Message-ID: <9DF7044F-9A69-11D8-B2C3-00306541AD3A@usc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040430053004.91585.qmail@web40303.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040430053004.91585.qmail@web40303.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Apr 29, 2004, at 10:30 PM, Stephen Liu wrote: >> >> Those aren't packages. Either compile the port (in >> which case you >> don't have to worry about what to download) or >> download the package >> from the freebsd.org ftp site. > > Hi Kris, > > Tks for your advice. > > firefox-0.8 is not available on port. I have searched > following URL manually. > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.2-release/ > Latest/ > firefox 0.8 certainly is available in the ports collection (www/firefox), it's just that packages for releases are not updated. See http://www.freebsd.org/ports for information about the ports collection, packages, and how to use them. Kris
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