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Date:      Sun, 17 Dec 1995 20:00:10 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Craig Shrimpton <craigs@venus.os.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installing ports (how)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951217195635.810A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951217140217.420A-100000@venus.os.com>

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On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Craig Shrimpton wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> Could someone please quickly explain the process of installing ports on 
> FreeBSD 2.1?  

1)  Grab the appropriate directory off your favorite freebsd ftp site.  
If you're in ftp.freebsd.org, if the directory is inn for instance, do 
'get inn.tar.gz' and it will zip up and download the whole directory.

2)  Extract the above archive into a temporary location.

3)  su to root.

4)  Go into the unzipped directory (inn for instance) and type 
'make install'.  the port will download the proper file (if you don't 
have it), patch, compile, and install.

That is the easiest way.  As always, check any README files and files in
the pkg/ directory before installing.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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