From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jun 21 12:39:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.toronto.istar.net (mail1.toronto.istar.net [209.89.75.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 172B737B51A for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:39:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from genisis@istar.ca) Received: from ip219.kingston.dialup.canada.psi.net ([154.5.64.219]) by mail1.toronto.istar.net with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #1) id 134qMC-0004OI-00; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 15:40:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 15:42:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru To: leegold Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do i add PINE? In-Reply-To: <002b01bfdbb6$28d45c80$b3e47ad1@beefstew> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, leegold wrote: > i found pine on cd#3 it is in .tgz i have very little idea how to add pine. > the chap in "Complete freebsd" on adding packages says things like "put it > in your source tree" - what's a source tree?ect...so i'm not getting a > step-by-step procedure from the book. > > i have tried untarring/unzipping before and got some strange results - > probably because i didn't know what i was doing. > > so if anybody out there would want to go STEP BY STEP 1.,2.,3.,..and explain > how to add PINE. i would appreciate it. Thanks If the file ends in *.tgz, it is a package. One way to add a package is with the pkg_add command. Assuming you are root and your CDROM is mounted on /cdrom, try this: cd /cdrom ls I don't have CD #3, so if the pine package is in a subdirectory, you'll have to cd to it. pkg_add pine* It should do its thing and give you your prompt back when it is finished. Then: whereis pine to find out where it put it. It's even easier to build packages from /stand/sysinstall. As root: /stand/sysinstall Configure Packages CDROM Wait for the Index to load and then browse for what you want. Use your space bar to select the packages you want, then arrow over to Install when you're ready. It'll give you a list of what you've chosen which you can press OK to. /stand/sysinstall is nicer as it updates your path statement so you don't have to hunt for the package once it's installed. If you have problems, record the error messages to send back to the list. Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message