Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:47:05 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Yon Thulung_rai <yanraiwelcome@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help help Message-ID: <20000725154705.G17222@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000725221217.19966.qmail@hotmail.com>; from yanraiwelcome@hotmail.com on Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 03:12:17PM -0700 References: <20000725221217.19966.qmail@hotmail.com>
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* Yon Thulung_rai <yanraiwelcome@hotmail.com> [000725 15:13] wrote: > Hello, > > I bought freebsd 3.4 with you and installed on my pc. everthing isn't > working for me; I have hp inkjet printer, it doesn't work; mcopy, mformat > commands don't work. What do I have to do make these commands/functions > work? I try to read the manaul but it does makes more confusing. It > doesn't explain the way the regular text books expalins. such as to look > one problem it points different pages and chapter; go there, from there go > on this page bla bla. It is more frastrating than ever. > > I am taking sys admin at UC extension. I need to do my project and > homeworks print out. > > However, I have four CDs of freebsd 3.4; I haven't installed #2,#3, #4, > Do I need to install inorder to run the all commands that I need? > How can I install them? What is command to install? > > Thank your for your help. In the class, I am the only one freebsd user. > Everyone else SunOS, hp Aux, Solars. Please help me help me Sir, please put down the coffee! :) Seriously, your questions aren't easy to answer because you neglected to include such basic information like if you installed mtools or not? This ought to get you started: install mtools and apsfilter: cd /usr/ports/emulators/mtools make install cd /usr/ports/print/apsfilter make install Then give us some _descriptive_ error messages if you need further assistance. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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