Date: 13 Jul 2004 07:22:43 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: Oryx <diaphanous@gmail.com> Subject: Re: How to install GIMP Message-ID: <1089717763.53299.5.camel@chaucer> In-Reply-To: <20040713044447.GA19543@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <e3570bfd04071200434dce384c@mail.gmail.com> <20040713044447.GA19543@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 00:44, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 08:43:18AM +0100, Oryx wrote: > > Hi, i'm just wondering how I could install gimp onto my box, I have > > the package stuff but I don't know how to install it via console (i'm > > new to freebsd by the way) > > If you have the package: > > # pkg_add <name-of-gimp-package> > > If you don't have the package, but have a internet connection you can > build it from source using the ports system: > > # cd /usr/ports/graphics/gimp > # make install clean > > Cheers. You should also be able to install the package directly off the internet by executing the command: pkg_add -r gimp This will produce the same results as the ports system, but is a bit faster. It will find the current version "automagically". It is an impressive feature of FreeBSD.
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