Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 12:47:20 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: sln@public.jn.sd.cn Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question in installing packages Message-ID: <3229BE0B.3EDE@ime.net> References: <32297E7B.64C@public.jn.sd.cn>
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Song Lining wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm a novice to FreeBSD, perhaps the following is a stupid question-- > > I've tried to install some ports to my system and it runs well. Now I > want to install softwares from the precompiled packages. Is there any > command like "make install" to install them so that I can delete them > using "pkg_delete"? Is there a recommended directory to install the > packages? I ask the latter question because I find after I decompress > the packages using "tar", there are several subdirectories named "bin", > "lib", "man", how can I treat these directories( my method is copy them > to /usr/bin, /usr/lib and /usr/man, I don't know if it's right)? > > Thanks in advance! > > Song Lining Yup, pkg_add.. :) Kinda suprizing you found pkg_delete and not pkg_add. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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