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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1!not-for-mail From: dleeds@MCS.COM (Daniel Leeds) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Packages--How to install?? Date: 18 May 1994 16:22:30 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Subscriber Account, Chicago's First Public-Access Internet! Lines: 8 Message-ID: <2re0um$fgl@Mercury.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.mcs.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2 (KSD)] Those nifty little packages in the /packages direcftory on freebsd.cdrom.com look nice--but how do I install them.. Is there a utility in FreeBSD 1.1 or do I just tar -xvf the file?? If just tar...what directory should I untar it from??