Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 20:50:58 +0000 From: "clayton rollins" <crollins666@hotmail.com> To: fcash@sd73.bc.ca Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD "Live" CD / Couple of other questions to get started Message-ID: <Sea1-F66kK5LqN33HFn000205c5@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 Freddie Cash <fcash@sd73.bc.ca> wrote: > >On June 28, 2003 11:04 am, clayton rollins wrote: > > As a side note, I've only found one program that was available > > precompiled on bsd (I don't remember which one...), which makes the > > answer to this very short; they are available, but good luck finding > > them. > >90% of the programs available in the ports tree are also availble as >pre-compiled packages. To install them, just use "pkg_add -r <port >name>" and it and all dependencies will be automatically downloaded and >installed. For more information read the pkg_add man page. > >You can also create your own packages from the ports tree by using "make >package" instead of "make install". For more info on the ports tree, >read the man page. > >And, lastly, the package repository is on all FreeBSD ftp mirrors. >Browse down to your preferred release, then check the packages >directory. :) > I was completely unaware of this; I had been checking out the various projects' sites to find executables... Thanks for pointing out and correcting my error. (Thanks to the other user who also pointed it out, as I won't write a seperate email for that.) Peace, Clayton _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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