From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 24 11:57:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA29093 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 11:57:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA29086 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 11:57:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA12889; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 11:57:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 11:57:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: chuck yahrling cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.1.5 CD set In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19971121124435.0091a69c@pop3.cybertours.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, chuck yahrling wrote: > The rest of the install goes fine - that is, I get a good, basic text-based > install that boots, hosts FTP over ethernet, etc. What I don't get is a lot > of the packages I wanted. So where do I get them? 1. Mount CDROM with packages tree on it (I think it's on Disc 1, 2.1.5 is over two years old!) 2. cd /cdrom/packages/category 3. As root: pkg_add package.tgz I've looked at the ftp > site(s) and when I drill down to the directories, I see very small text > files, but no TAR, GZ or other binary archives. I'm guessing that I don't > understand the way FreeBSD is distributed..... :^( You're looking at the ports tree, which is a different system than the packages. The ports system provides an automated way to build a package from it's original source; the packages tree does that already and bundles up the results. Packages are nice if you don't have the space to compile and/or the CPU power to build, and are willing to accept any build-time default options. The ports tree gives you more freedom but you have to actually build the program. It's a matter of personal preference. > I'm tempted to go for one of the new 4-CD sets (2.5.5?) but don't want to > get my hopes up, especially if the jumpstart docs are as spartan as the ones > on the 2.1.5 CDs I have. I really want to make this work, so where do I > find primers that tell me basic stuff like how to launch Xfree86, how to > logout (quit, exit, ctrl-c, ctrl-z don't seem to work) etc? Look into buying ``The Complete FreeBSD'' from Walnut Creek, and maybe a basic UNIX book at your local larger bookstore. > And is the new set really going to be easier? And is it available now > (website sez mid December?) Huh? 2.2.5 came out three weeks+ ago. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major