Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 15:43:33 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Diego Baz <Diego_Baz@citysearch.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Another inquiry... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990421153615.11384B-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <9A75E4B6D1DCD1119F6F0060975EABE705126658@pascamail-2.beach.citysearch.com>
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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Diego Baz wrote: > Sorry to bother you again, but I was wondering: once I install and setup > FreeBSD, what software do I use for: > word processing? Modern WP is available as: Star Office, WordPerfect and Applixware, all are linux applications, but all seem to run fine unders FreeBSD's linux emulator. > e-mail? pine, netscape, emacs, elm... about 20-30 email cleints are probably available... (see below) > accounting? hmmm, if you find anything let me know :) > surfing the Web? lynx, netscape > Also, where would I get this software? I mean, do they sell this kind of > thing at CompUSA or Best Buy? Or would I have to buy it off the Web? you have to insert 5$ into your /usr/ports directory everytime you install a package... (just kidding) > Again, any information you could provide in reply would be tremendously > appreciated. somehow you seem to have missed the freebsd ports and packages collections they have 1000s of programs available for you as pre-built programs or you can watch them build yourself! fire up /stand/sysinstall, go to x x c Configure Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD x x then select: x x P Packages Install pre-packaged software for FreeBSD x x that's simplest, or you can look at: http://www2.freebsd.org/ports/ once you install the "ports collection" you can simply cd /usr/ports/<catagory>/<program> ; make install just 10 minutes ago i needed an email program so i: cd /usr/ports/mail/pine4 ; make install (don't make fun of pine, thanks :) ) have fun. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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