Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 23:34:32 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: John Clark <email@john.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Ports from CD Message-ID: <21589.858324872@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:35:50 PST." <Pine.BSI.3.94.970313173450.2174J-100000@localhost>
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> pkg installation was not built for going over anything but CDROM. Just > download the package you are interested in and run pkg_add package.tgz, or > download the port's directory, cd into it, and type 'make' to build it and > 'make install' to install it. Uh, I hate to disillusion you Doug, but the package installation tool in sysinstall will work with any of the media types, including floppy. :) pkg_add itself will work with files or URLs, so even it has two methods of installation. Jordan
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