Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:22:56 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems trying to install enscript .... Message-ID: <5400FD40.3060200@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <871trzi8jv.fsf@elk.localnet> References: <540082DB.9040703@hiwaay.net> <871trzi8jv.fsf@elk.localnet>
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On 08/29/14 11:07, Carl Johnson wrote:
> "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> writes:
>
>> I tried to install the following packages & got the following output:
>>
>>
>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 8:36:28am] 334 % pkg install enscript-a4
>> enscript-letter enscript-letterdj
> <snip>
>
>> I can't find any evidence they are already installed, what is going on
>> here ? TIA for any clues ....
> The real question you have to ask is why do you want to add three
> versions of enscript? I think the only difference will be the default
> paper size. The default doesn't matter much since you can change the
> paper size in the system config file, the user config file, or on the
> command line. Check the man page and notice the '-M' command line
> option, and the 'DefaultMedia' configuration option. The configuration
> file is at '/usr/local/etc/enscript.rc' and optionally '~/.enscriptrc'.
You are indeed correct (I couldn't tell before cuz *nothing* got
installed) .... I poked around in /usr/ports & figured out that
enscript-letter was the actual pkg, installed that (alone) & all is well
.... *Boooyah* !!!!
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William A. Mahaffey III
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