Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:01:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> To: "W.Tintemann" <113726.2410@compuserve.com> Cc: FreeBSD support <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Netscape Port via ftp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980706153641.1135A-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <199807061443_MC2-524F-852D@compuserve.com>
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On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, W.Tintemann wrote: > Today I tried to get the tar-ball of the Netscape product. > In Greg Lehey's book I find a package netscape-3.04 and packages > navigator and communicator. > > I ftp-ed to ftp.FreeBsd.ORG and browsed through the pub/FreeBSD/distfiles > dir in search for the tar-balls. I found some files which I got but > untarring > I find not the files which should be there according to the info in > /usr/ports/www/netscape4 dir. > > Can you tell me the exact dirs/names where to find the complete product > as the tar-balls are not on my 4th CD-ROM > You're confusing ports with packages. Both methods of installing software do not require you to decompress or untar anything. If you download the netscape port distfile, place it in /usr/ports/distfiles (Or symlink to the CD) and type make install in the /usr/ports/www/netscapeXXX directory. If the /usr/ports/www/netscapeXXX dir does not exist, you must either install the ports collection or download the netscapeXXX port source and install it manually. ftp to your local mirror and in the ports/www directory, type `get netscapeXXX.tar` in binary mode. It will tar up the necessary files. Untar it into /usr/ports/www/netscapeXXX and then do the make install. If you install it as a package (precompiled binary) just type pkg_add package_name.tgz. You can also install packages from /stand/sysintall. Hope this confused..er..helped you. :) -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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