Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 17:54:24 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: RT Brown <rtbrown@tiac.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: XFree86 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970109174531.29408A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <32D40B48.1821@tiac.net>
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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
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