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Date:      Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:12:17 -0800
From:      Craig Burgess <craig-burgess@home.net>
To:        Jerry Lei <tylei@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: about port collection
Message-ID:  <38B6A9E1.1D956983@home.net>
References:  <20000225015705.84292.qmail@hotmail.com>

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The packages are precompiled binaries which are installed using pkg_add;
the ports collection compiles source. They do not combine functions.  If
you used pkg_add, the selected apps should have been installed.

craig

Jerry Lei wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> After pkg_add any pakage, do I need to do something else to use the package.
> For example, I pkg_add xemacs, tcsh, ghostview and communicator4.61.
> however, I can't execute them if I use exec /usr/ports/repective
> directory/package that I added. Is anything I should do between those two
> steps(pkg_add and exec) before I can use them? Thanks
> 
> Lei
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