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Date:      Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:31:13 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
To:        dervish@ikhala.tcimet.net (bush doctor)
Cc:        brendan@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ports Collection
Message-ID:  <199806291631.LAA10470@horton.iaces.com>
In-Reply-To: <199806291431.KAA17428@ikhala.tcimet.net> from bush doctor at "Jun 29, 1998 10:31:44 am"

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In a previous message, bush doctor said:
> Once upon a time <Brendan Kosowski> said:
> > During the Initial installation of FreeBSD, it gives you the option of
> > installing the ports collection.
> > 
> > How do you install the ports collection after Installation.
> typically you do the following


It think the question is how to install the distribution.

On the Cd: 
cd /cdrom/ports
./install.sh

Or if you don't have the cd. Download the file ports.tgz
(in ports directory) and run:

cat ports.tgz | tar --unlink -xpzf - -C /usr




> 1)  log in as root
> 2)  cd /usr/ports/port-category/port
> 3)  make install
> 
> for instance if you wnated to install tcsh
> cd /usr/ports/shells/tcsh
> make install
> 
> > Can't seem to find PORTS COLLECTION in /stand/sysinstall
> if you installed the docs use lynx to check the handbook
> else check for the link to it at www.freebsd.org.
> 
> > Thanks, Brendan...
> 
> you're welcome ... =;-)
> 
> -- bush doctor
> 
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-- 
Here is a simple experiment that will teach you an important electrical
lesson: On a cool, dry day, scuff your feet along a carpet, then reach
your hand into a friend's mouth and touch one of his dental fillings.
Did you notice how your friend twitched violently and cried out in
pain?  This teaches us that electricity can be a very powerful force,
but we must never use it to hurt others unless we need to learn an
important electrical lesson.

It also teaches us how an electrical circuit works.  When you scuffed
your feet, you picked up batches of "electrons", which are very small
objects that carpet manufacturers weave into carpets so they will
attract dirt.  The electrons travel through your bloodstream and
collect in your finger, where they form a spark that leaps to your
friend's filling, then travels down to his feet and back into the
carpet, thus completing the circuit.

Amazing Electronic Fact: If you scuffed your feet long enough without
touching anything, you would build up so many electrons that your
finger would explode!  But this is nothing to worry about unless you
have carpeting.
                -- Dave Barry, "What is Electricity?"

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