Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 19:28:22 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD 8.0-Current-2009-amd64-dvd Message-ID: <4A04EA46.20106@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <a333b2be0905081803y3d9c94baq92a8adf75b2437ba@mail.gmail.com> References: <a333b2be0905081803y3d9c94baq92a8adf75b2437ba@mail.gmail.com>
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Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > > A few days ago I have downloaded and installed 8.-Current-2009-05-amd64-dvd > on ... > > (1) I tried to use X but X was completely missing . > (2) Trying to add X with pkg_add did not worked... > (3) I did not understand what can I do with that release... FreeBSD-CURRENT is for people who are helping to develop FreeBSD itself. In order to use -CURRENT, you need to be able to build software without using packages. Because -CURRENT is in development, pre-built packages are not available (they would break very quickly as the system changes). Remember that X is just another set of packages. You can build and install X from ports: $ cd /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server $ make $ make install Is there a particular reason you wanted to run FreeBSD-CURRENT? It sounds like you might be happier using the latest -STABLE release, which is FreeBSD 7.2. Cheers, Tim Kientzle
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