Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:44:04 -0500 (EST) From: Ashby Gochenour <freebsd@intelos.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: installing software Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0103281436470.23760-100000@flanders.intelos.net>
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Hey Guys, I have a question about installing software. What is the best way to locate and install? I've been using /stand/sysinstall so far, but that takes a long time for me to find what I am looking for if I even do find it. For example, I want to install netscape and imapd on a 4.2 system. I've spent about an hour going through package groups and finally listed all packages and still didn't find what I was looking for. In debian linux, I would just do: host> apt-cache search packagename host> apt-get install package.deb I've been very impressed by FreeBSD so far, and would be even more impressed if I could figure out a better way to find and install packages :) Any help or pointers to a FM to RTFM would be much appriciated. Thank you, Ashby Gochenour Unix Administration NTELOS NOC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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