From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 13 11:22:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ED9416A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:22:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E3BE243D1D for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:22:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.100?) (mjeays2551@24.43.93.57 with plain) by smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Jul 2004 11:22:43 -0000 From: Mike Jeays To: Jonathan Chen In-Reply-To: <20040713044447.GA19543@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20040713044447.GA19543@grimoire.chen.org.nz> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1089717763.53299.5.camel@chaucer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 13 Jul 2004 07:22:43 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: Oryx Subject: Re: How to install GIMP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:22:44 -0000 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 > > 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.