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Date:      Sun, 13 Sep 1998 22:49:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Parker <phbrown@gte.net>
Cc:        Tech Support <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problem Installing lynx
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809132248280.1111-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35FB1E08.E678C8AD@gte.net>

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On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Parker wrote:

> I want to use lynx to view my online handbook.  As per Mr Lehey's book
> "the Complete FreeBSD" I attempted pkg_add
> /cdrom/packages/All/lynx-2.7.2.tgz (and I used command line editing to
> insure proper spelling) I was amazed to find that
> /cdrom/packages/All/lynx-2.7.2.tgz is a link to lynx-2.8.tgz, which is
> fine --- except that no such filename exists on that CD.  We're talking
> 2.2.7 FreeBSD here.
> Can you help me load lynx on my system?

Run the command

pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages/All/lynx-2.8.tgz

to download and install Lynx.

Assuming you have a functioning network connection.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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