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Date:      Wed, 12 Jul 1995 14:49:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:      jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu (John Fieber)
To:        STEVEN=SONG%TRAINING%DASOHQ@smtpgate.datacraft-asia.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 2.0
Message-ID:  <199507121849.OAA26521@grendel.csc.smith.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199507120550.WAA21420@freefall.cdrom.com> from "STEVEN=SONG%TRAINING%DASOHQ@smtpgate.datacraft-asia.com" at Jul 12, 95 11:30:36 am

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STEVEN=SONG%TRAINING%DASOHQ@smtpgate.datacraft-asia.com writes:
> I just like to know is there a way to install the package without buying the 
> CD or disks?? If there is a way, can you show me the light?

Ftp to ftp.freebsd.org, look in the /pub/FreeBSD/packages*
directories, download the package you want, then use the pkg_add
command:

  pkg_add <package>

where <package> is the name of the file you downloaded.

-john

=== jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite!  --K. Bush ===



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