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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:03:47 +0100
From:      "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com>
To:        "Duane Hill" <d.hill@yournetplus.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
Subject:   Re: The Ports collection / FreeBSD CDs
Message-ID:  <8a0028260609120503r7fed11dcwfa84c95c05fe1f67@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <794012650.20060912115806@yournetplus.com>
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On 12/09/06, Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 11:29:31 AM, Jeff confabulated:
>
> >>
> >>
> >> The base system doesn't include X Windows.
> >> _____________________________________
>
>
> > Right, I was thinking of NetBSD. X Window System is a FreeBSD port (so
> it
> > must be installed as a package from sysinstall).
>
> Shouldn't you also be able to:
>
>   cd /usr/ports/x11; make install clean
>
> --


That sentence was intended not to mean "you have to install XWS as a package
from sysinstall" but "It must be the case that sysinstall installs it as a
package built from ports".

Jeff Rollin



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