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Date:      Sun, 18 May 1997 22:00:36 -0800 (AKDT)
From:      Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing packages after initial install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970518215907.8900F-100000@aak.anchorage.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970519131352.0073a7f0@lariat.org>

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On Mon, 19 May 1997, Brett Glass wrote:

stick em in /usr/packages/All (with Index in /usr/packages) and use
sysinstall, or use pkg_add.

> I've at last completed an upgrade of an existing system to 2.2.2, and would
> like to add some packages. Unfortunately, it looks as if I've missed my
> chance! While it is easy to add packages from the installer, it seems to be
> impossible to run the installer later and bring in the packages. (It wants
> to take over the Ethernet interface, which is of course already in use and
> needed by others on the system.)
> 
> How does one bring in packages AFTER installation?
> 
> --Brett
> 
> 

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