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I tried doing a make in the dir of the port I wanted
to install ( midnight commander ) and the machine
tried to ftp to a site to get the tar ball but could not make a connection(?)

1. All the documentation on installing applications
via ports assumes I have a ready connection (?)

How and what do I have to do to let the make command
fetch the application I want? I keep getting "error 1".

Thanks

ps. How can I tell how big a download will be?
ie how big is the tarball? assume midnite commander
is reasonable with a dial uo line(?)


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