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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To: RT Brown <rtbrown@tiac.net>
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Subject: Re: XFree86
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, RT Brown wrote:

> So I've finally got FreeBSD running...
> 
> However when I try to install the package XFree86 it can't be found on
> the ftp server, and I've tried several. The same is true for Netscape.
> Do I need to specify another URL (ftp address)?

These are not packages. Netscape is a port (because you can't have the 
binary distribution of Netscape on the FreeBSD serevrs as it is not 
freeware) while XFree can be installed either as a distribution (like the 
man pages or the sources for FreeBSD gets installed) or as a port. To get 
XFree86 in binary form, take a look at:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE/XF8632

> 
> thanks
> 
> RT Brown
> 
Nadav