Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:27:00 -0500 (EST) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: mgessner@aristar.com Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports collection Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970115072437.28757A-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <199701151205.HAA22775@home.winc.com>
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On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 mgessner@aristar.com wrote: > Hello, all, > > I've linked to the ports collection on my CD. NOW what? For > lots of things, like lynx, there isn't a tgz file like pkg_add wants. > What do you do with that? The tgzs are on the first CD; that's the packages system. Ports are on the second CD; that's the ports collection. Two different phenomena. To add a package, use mount the first disk and use pkg_add. To add a program from ports, use the ports links in /usr/ports with the second CD mounted (cd to the directory corresponding to the port you want to add and type make). > > TIA, > > Matt > Ben
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