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From: Jiawei Ye <leafy7382@gmail.com>
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On 9/6/05, Arvind Nahata <arvindnahata@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your quick response Jonathan!
>=20
> Unfortunately, the FreeBSD installation that I have
> doesn't have a /usr/ports directory itself.
>=20
> Any clues on -
> 1. Why dosen't my installation have a ports directory?
> 2. How can I get one and the ports/java/jdk14
> directories, content?
>=20
> Thanks in advance!
It really depends on how you installed your FreeBSD. Usually the
installation includes the ports collections. You can read about the
ports here:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html

Cheers,

Jiawei
--=20
"Without the userland, the kernel is useless."
               --inspired by The Tao of Programming