Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 11:03:03 -0500 (CDT) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> To: Fredrik Carlen <fredrik.carlen@futurniture.se> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: good reference for installing UNIX software Message-ID: <XFMail.000529110303.conrads@home.com> In-Reply-To: <39321AE6.C319DBD8@futurniture.se>
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On 29-May-00 Fredrik Carlen wrote: > Hi! I'm a one-year-old UNIX-user. :-) Our youngest user ever! Congratulations! :-) > I'd like to learn more about it, and one of the major holes in my > UNIX-knowledge is like the ozone layer over the Antarctic...porting and > installing UNIX software. > > Does somebody have a good reference as to compiling and > installing/deinstalling and so forth? > The FreeBSD ports/packages system is a really good one (even simpler tha > Wondows Wizards!!! :-) ), but I want a more thorough insight as to what > really happens in the machine. > > UNIX System Administration? > Porting UNIX software? > > Are these outdated? > > Anyone? You should definitely get *both* of these books, especially the porting book. Both are very good. While they may be a little out of date, and neither is FreeBSD-specific, they both contain tons of useful information. In fact, pretty much anything from O'Reilly publishers is a sure bet. Real quality stuff. -- Conrad Sabatier http://members.home.net/conrads/ ICQ# 1147270 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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