Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:24:27 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>, Alex <alex@aspenworks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: List of ports and descriptions ? Message-ID: <00032120264000.02231@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003211030010.4664-100000@peloton.runet.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003211030010.4664-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Brett Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Alex wrote: > > > Just spend 20 minutes searching the freebsd.org site for the old list > > of ports and short descriptions. Seems those links have dissappeared. > > freebsd.org/ports isn't a clue. > > Uh, www.freebsd.org/ports - click on a category - it tells you everything > in that category w/ a short description for each. Long descriptions are > one click away. > > Brett You can have the same thing on your pc, and more current as occasionally I will find the website does not have a listing for an existing port. Simply cd to /usr/ports, then type "make readmes". When it completes, point your browser at file /usr/ports/README.html. -- Walter Brameld Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? Walter: And what does THIS button do?? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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