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Date:      Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:16:45 +1300
From:      rshea@opendoor.co.nz
To:        "Allen May" <allen@daytondigital.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help installing MySQL
Message-ID:  <3C484A6D.24659.1206051@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <184701c19fcb$20ae5d00$0401a8c0@Hewey>

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> I have just installed FreeBSD4.4 and now I need to install MySQL. I am soo stumped, I don't know where to begin.
> I have downloaded the FreeBSD install TGZ file form MySQL.org. I have read the INSTALL-BINARIES file, and I'm lost. 
> Why can't this be as easy as installing RPM's? 
> 
I'll second (or third) that comment about using pkg_add - it a very nice 
system. If you're new to FreeBSD you may find the chapter ...

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html

... a useful intro to the concepts whether for MySQL or loads of other great 
stuff.

regards

richard shea.

 
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