From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 27 17:22:18 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E523610656A4 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:22:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E278FC20 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:22:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so1518803fxm.13 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:22:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=cJOWI4DKY3xx1QjqiJOoXTyDUmPKAGcv8AUNyfzMhdA=; b=cqkkfRf873szQapffVlQVxXNqDXFn1QGO6lJDn1XU66qn1WUWwg+dZ3rzyXi7bTsUI nvAzNKuYrGR8Zi4rbUxPVfTrrJkVX+IK1VeWtJnIj2pz+bJ2RVXnY+HW8SM9v43tpR5G 3Jo+tn/49XM3FNnRxi1X6QJnVAFicTzsNGOKk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=KPO4rVev1RNOGdYUG/Xlpe4IpeVlTvdPWEqiCdPqYTBoBmtXL5JUgCJuyxUa0QLW4b Y9anJe8H2YtzjSCv16qZvzF5FMKBUtv0BPrW7PCS4ieL4wU5JcBpemeWB2Bg/sffNIeU zw+17UKMsm/kNBwv/1SvU2ut6JE+9YaCtpdK4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.83.196 with SMTP id g4mr3396870fal.63.1290878536241; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:22:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.121.138 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:22:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4CF13A7E.9852.186FE1D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> References: <4CED8855.23373.40E2965D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <4CF13A7E.9852.186FE1D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:22:16 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Dave Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions Questions list Subject: Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:22:18 -0000 On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Dave wrote: > > > > /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/ > > > > > > > > Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built with > a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April if memory > serves.) > > I find now, that Sysinstall's ports management utility, has to be "told" > to go look for V8.1 stuff (the Options page) else it just whinges about > not being able to login to the repository ftp servers. > As root, type "portsnap fetch extract" I also like tmux, it's BSD licensed and BSD-like in that is has easier to work with default settings. Once ports are installed you'll want to install a port managment tool, I prefer portmaster. Something like the following will get you up and running with portmaster and install tmux: cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster make install clean && rehash portmaster --no-confirm -D /usr/ports/sysutils/tmux && rehash -- Adam Vande More