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From: "Han Hwei Woo" <hhwoo@argosy.ca>
To: "Ian Todd" <isa@mailbox.co.za>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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Just pkg_add the tarballs, like in Slackware.

Han Hwei Woo
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Todd" <isa@mailbox.co.za>
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Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:56 PM
Subject: packages


> 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
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