Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:15:25 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Metal Head <high@linuxmail.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports Message-ID: <20000320121525.D14789@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000320185635.61183.qmail@linuxmail.org>; from high@linuxmail.org on Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 02:56:35AM %2B0800 References: <20000320185635.61183.qmail@linuxmail.org>
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* Metal Head <high@linuxmail.org> [000320 12:06] wrote: > Hello, > I'm kind of new to Unix. I decided to try out FreeBSD 3.4 > because I am tired of Micro$oft's crappy OS's, and would like a > sterdy OS to develope my networking and development techniques. I > have now idea however how to use the ports that I installed on my > notebook. There is a makefile file, but how do I use it? I tried > to use the console(dos like thing), but either I am doing it wrong, > the makefile doesn't work, or that's not how to use it. Could you > please help me out? Is there a good web site on Unix commands? I > also have problems using a PCMCIA modem. I use KDE, I looked on > the setup utility and it found my modem, but when I try to use the > dial-up thing, it hangs when I try to communicate with the modem. > I have an old ZOOM PCMCIA 14.4C modem. The notebook is a Sony Vaio > F270. I was told that The modem that is built in will not work with > BSD, Linux, BeOS, or any non-Microsoft product. Please help! > Please wrap lines at 70 characters. Ok, if you've installed the ports all you need to do is: cd /usr/ports ls <pick a category you're interested in> cd <catagory> ls <pick a program you're interested in> cd <program> make install see http://www.freebsd.org/ports for more information. You can go to http://www.freebsdmall.com/ to order "The Complete FreeBSD" book which is pretty helpful, you may also enjoy "Harley Hann's Student's Guide to Unix" which I found to be a pretty helpful start. best of luck, -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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