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Date:      Fri, 28 May 1999 12:18:39 -0600
From:      Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu>
To:        laszlo vagner <vetex@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM>
Cc:        W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>, wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gimp frustration
Message-ID:  <19990528121839.F344@fisicc-ufm.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990528110147.vetex@vetex.com>; from laszlo vagner on Fri, May 28, 1999 at 11:01:47AM -0700
References:  <199905281307.JAA01956@bellsouth.net> <XFMail.990528110147.vetex@vetex.com>

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On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 11:01:47AM -0700, laszlo vagner wrote:
> When i try that it tries to download xf86333 or something
> like that, it is over 16 meg just for the one file
> and my internet connection stops after about 
> 2 hours of download time.
> 
> I have to redial in and of course it wont continue.
> 

just create a directory 
/var/db/pkg/XFree86-3.3.3.1 if you already have X

regards,

-Oscar

> 
> On 28-May-99 W Gerald Hicks wrote:
> > 
> >> I need some help with installing gimp.
> > 
> > Expert assistance for building and installing over two thousand
> > third-party packages may be found encapsulated within the FreeBSD
> > ports collection.  It's truly a marvelous resource!  :-)
> > 
> > See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports.html for the lowdown.
> > 
> > For your specific case of the gimp simply:
> >    cd /usr/ports/graphics/gimp1 && make install clean
> > 
> > If you somehow manage to find something worthwhile that's not in
> > the ports collection, you can become a contributor to the FreeBSD
> > project by following these instructions:
> >    http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/porting.html
> > 
> > Good Luck,
> > 
> > Jerry Hicks
> > wghicks@bellsouth.net  
> > 
> > 
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