Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:39:04 -0800 (PST) From: Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Fred J. Lomas" <aj@8hill.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how ?/ Message-ID: <200002290039.QAA09623@cytosine.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <200002281938.OAA32995@server.baldwin.cx> from John Baldwin at "Feb 28, 2000 02:38:51 pm"
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Even though he should install it from the ports collection, he will probably need to know it for the future. tar -zxf filename.tar.gz that will basically ungzip and untar that archive for you. see "man tar" for further information. --bhishan > > On 28-Feb-00 Fred J. Lomas wrote: > > I just dl netscape 4.72 and it has a .tar.gz at the end , not sure what > > I need to do to extract it ,,, anyone help > > Why not install Netscape via the Ports system, it does all the work for > you. Check the Handbook at www.FreeBSD.org for more info. > > > aj > > -- > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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