Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 13:36:53 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Langa Kentane <LKentane@mweb.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Installiing packages (Newbie question) Message-ID: <XFMail.990221133653.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F31817803041E@za12nt02.mweb.com>
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On 21-Feb-99 Langa Kentane wrote: > I have just downloaded Xfree86 3.3.3 and now want to install it. > > I believe that you with packages that are not on the ports collection you > can't use the pkg_add command. How do I install? > I am using FreeBSD-3.0 and the packages come in .tgz format. If it's the normal .tar.gz/.tgz file from an X mirror than one could place it in /usr/ports/distfiles, go to the appropriate ports directory and make. Make will normally try to download it, but seeing that it exists in /usr/ports/distfiles will just use the file. HTH, --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven http://www.freebsdzine.org>; asmodai(at)wxs.nl This is my Truth, tell me your's... Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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