Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:56:34 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: Sue Bauer-Lee <sblee@eeyore.taz.tac.com> Cc: Mike Fisher <mfisher@harborcom.net>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bulding new versions Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980303185405.1326E-100000@james.hwcn.org> In-Reply-To: <199803030508.AAA22523@eeyore.taz.tac.com>
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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Sue Bauer-Lee wrote: > > Why is that necessary? Just grab the package (assuming that there is a > > fairly current one available) from the packages directories on a friendly > > FreeBSD mirror site and do a pkg_add. > > uh, cuz I already had the source package and kinda figured that I should > have been able to compile and install it?? :) No; he means it's not necessary to start sysinstall. Throw in the CD, find the appropriate package file on the CD, and run pkg_add on the package. However, sysinstall looks nicer. Of course, a whole bunch of compiler messages when compiling from the source looks even nicer. :-) -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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