From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 28 11:21:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (ip-46-094.guate.net [200.12.46.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC86015B46 for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 11:20:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obonilla@voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu) Received: (from obonilla@localhost) by voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA07865; Fri, 28 May 1999 12:18:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from obonilla) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:18:39 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla To: laszlo vagner Cc: W Gerald Hicks , wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gimp frustration Message-ID: <19990528121839.F344@fisicc-ufm.edu> References: <199905281307.JAA01956@bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: ; from laszlo vagner on Fri, May 28, 1999 at 11:01:47AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 11:01:47AM -0700, laszlo vagner wrote: > 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. > just create a directory /var/db/pkg/XFree86-3.3.3.1 if you already have X regards, -Oscar > > 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 > -- For PGP Public Key: finger obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message