Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:22:22 -0600 From: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: Tom Moyer <tommoyer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Question 5.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <d9175cad04111820227396e9a7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <148673630411182008412a23a6@mail.gmail.com> References: <148673630411182008412a23a6@mail.gmail.com>
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> I have the 5.3-RELEASE CD which I have used to install 5.3 on a laptop > I have. I would like to add packages/ports now but have a slight > issue. The laptop doesn't have internet access. Nor is there any > easy way to put it on the internet. How can I go about installing > both packages and ports on this laptop? > There are many packages that came with the CDs upon release. Those are always available to you. It seems as though you must have some method of getting to the internet. If you acquire packages or required distribution files for building a given port via the internet and then put it on transferrable media (like a CD-RW, for instance) you should be able to install them off of that media. For ports, you get the files that the given port requires (in /usr/ports/<portcategory>/<portname>/distinfo, IIRC) and put them in /usr/ports/distfiles and for packages, you simply get the package and pkg_add <packageFile>. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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