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Subject: Re: newbie question...
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9611161551.A32607-0100000@katric1> from Ricardo Kleemann at "Nov 16, 96 03:03:29 pm"
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tar -xzvf file.tgz -C /usr/local

Ricardo Kleemann wrote ...
  > 
  > Hi guys,
  > 
  > I'm still trying to learn the subtleties of FreeBSD...
  > 
  > I've grabbed some packages from ftp.freebsd.org (the *.tgz ones)
  > and I'm just not sure how to install them. Is there supposed to be an 
  > install script/program for them?
  > 
  > Thanks!
  > Ricardo
  > 

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