From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 21 10:56:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9353A37B401 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:56:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate.mailbox.co.za (mailgate.mailbox.co.za [66.18.76.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8620743F3F for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:56:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from isa@mailbox.co.za) Received: from web3 (iweb3.webmail.co.za [192.168.0.13]) by mailgate.mailbox.co.za (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id h5LHuJ6k032296 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:56:21 +0200 Message-Id: <200306211756.h5LHuJ6k032296@mailgate.mailbox.co.za> Received: from 196.39.78.209 by web3.webmail.co.za with HTTP; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:56:20 +0200 Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:56:20 +0200 From: "Ian Todd" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: WebMail v2.5.6-4 X-Sender-Ip: 196.39.78.209 X-Account: 681154 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:56:25 -0000 Hi I am a newbie to freebsd. I am having trouble on installing packages. i know about the pkg_add. I downloaded BichX and its BitchX-1.0c19-FreeBSD4+Tcl1.5.tar.gz. How will i install that packages seeing that its an tar.gz file. ive use tar to extract it then i get stuck. Im just using this file for an example.I would like to know whats the right way on installing packages.Help please. regards ian _______________________________________________________________________ LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD - WWW.HEALTHIEST.CO.ZA Cool Connection, Cool Price, Internet Access for R59 monthly @ WebMail http://www.webmail.co.za/dialup/