Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:58:41 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com>, "q's" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSDI command Message-ID: <19980625185841.G356@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3591662E.A2A56461@graphnet.com>; from Roman Katsnelson on Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 04:48:46PM -0400 References: <3591662E.A2A56461@graphnet.com>
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On Wednesday, 24 June 1998 at 16:48:46 -0400, Roman Katsnelson wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install software ported to BSD/OS on FreeBSD, because > from what I understand they are very similar. > > What I need to know is, is there an equivalent for the "installsw" > command in FreeBSD? Nothing compatible. If you have BSD/OS, you should be able to run installsw on FreeBSD. Otherwise you'll find that the main archive is a tar file, and you'll have to extract it manually with tar. I seem to remember that there's some doubt about the base directory into which the software gets installed, but you should be able to figure it out. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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