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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:38:05 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        jimmy fix <jim_fix@operamail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rpm on freebsd - beginner
Message-ID:  <20010123083805.A92950@itouchnz.itouch>
In-Reply-To: <3AA56E39@operamail.com>; from jim_fix@operamail.com on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 02:04:46PM -0500
References:  <3AA56E39@operamail.com>

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On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 02:04:46PM -0500, jimmy fix wrote:
> hi, i just got freebsd to work, including X, but i didnt dowload any packages 
> yet as i havent configured ppp. since i have a lot of linux stuff that i'd 
> like to install and use, does anyone know how i can install rpm packages on 
> freebsd?

It's `possible' to install and use Linux-rpms, but why not check out
whether there are native FreeBSD versions of what you want to use
first? Check out the list in the ports (/usr/ports)
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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