From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 8 19:46:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA19014 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:46:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line9.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.73]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA19001 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:46:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA00242; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:46:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:46:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: MR BRIAN A NEAL cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: binaries? In-Reply-To: <199609081617.MAA21858@mime2.prodigy.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, MR BRIAN A NEAL wrote: > Ok, I know this is very basic > but, > > How do I execute programs. > > For example: I downloaded > a program called minicom and > extracted to a it's own directory > off the /usr, It created several > directories including a bin, but > nothing executes. Is this all > source code? Yes. Programs usually come as source that must be compiled. Some apps (like Netscape) come pre-compiled. Check out the README or INSTALL file included with the distribution for compilation instructions. In the case of minicom, however, it requires extensive changes to work with FreeBSD. Your first stop for software should be the ports & packages archives on ftp.freebsd.org. Many programs have already been ported so all you need to do is use 'pkg_add' to add packages or run 'make' to build ports. See the Handbook for port & package system details. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major