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Date:      Wed, 18 Sep 1996 19:42:56 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
To:        Leonard@pacbell.net (Leonard Chung)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions)
Subject:   Re: XFree86 Package?
Message-ID:  <199609181742.TAA11655@allegro.lemis.de>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19960917055016.006642c0@pacbell.net> from "Leonard Chung" at Sep 16, 96 10:50:16 pm

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Leonard Chung writes:
>
> Where can I get XFree86 in package form?  I don't have enough HD space to
> install it as a port, so I'm trying to get it in a precompiled form.  I
> tried to use sysinstall, but it reports that it can't find the XFree package
> on ftp.freebsd.org, ending with an error of "The selected package is not on
> this medium" or something to that effect.  I tried looking on
> ftp.freebsd.org myself, but couldn't find it in the packages area either.
> Does anybody know where XFree's package may be, as I noticed that the
> Makefile for it had a make package option which means that there must be
> *some* package out there somewhere.

XFree86 is a number of packages.  By far the most convenient way to
install it is from CD-ROM.

Greg



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