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On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 06:33  AM, Klaus Haeberlein wrote:
> Where can I find guidelines how to install 3rd party software which is 
> not ported yet?

If you'd like to port it, see the Porter's Handbook:

	http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/

If you'd like to just see if it compiles, etc., read the docs that came 
with the software (README, INSTALL, etc.).

- jim

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