From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 28 11: 2: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ginger.kf7nn.com (mti-r1-aptis-4-p1996.cybertrails.com [162.42.15.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1154615355 for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 11:02:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@ginger.kf7nn.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by ginger.kf7nn.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) id LAA03022; Fri, 28 May 1999 11:01:48 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from root) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199905281307.JAA01956@bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:01:47 -0700 (MST) From: laszlo vagner To: W Gerald Hicks Subject: Re: gimp frustration Cc: wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, laszlo vagner Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When i try that it tries to download xf86333 or something like that, it is over 16 meg just for the one file and my internet connection stops after about 2 hours of download time. I have to redial in and of course it wont continue. On 28-May-99 W Gerald Hicks wrote: > >> I need some help with installing gimp. > > Expert assistance for building and installing over two thousand > third-party packages may be found encapsulated within the FreeBSD > ports collection. It's truly a marvelous resource! :-) > > See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports.html for the lowdown. > > For your specific case of the gimp simply: > cd /usr/ports/graphics/gimp1 && make install clean > > If you somehow manage to find something worthwhile that's not in > the ports collection, you can become a contributor to the FreeBSD > project by following these instructions: > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/porting.html > > Good Luck, > > Jerry Hicks > wghicks@bellsouth.net > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Vetex C/O L. Vagner 3600 W. Mountain Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Webpage: nadxa.com E-Mail: laszlo vagner Date: 28-May-99 Time: 10:58:55 Windows Exception Error: noun: Meaning- With the exception of a reboot anything you do will fail to recover the system. ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message