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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I ... ?
Date: 12 Nov 1995 16:09:07 +0100
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Steve M. Spiller <steve@microdot.com> wrote:

>since that didn't come on the disc.  How do I install those files?
>The packages, *.tgz, are easy, but I can't find a util to install the
>.aa, .ab, etc files.  Can anyone help?  Thanks!

cd /usr (for the source packages), or cd / (everything else)
cat /cdrom/dists/XXX/yyy.?? | tar -xvzf -
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)