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From: Matthew R Willis <willism@moon.flanet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Installing "src" distribution downloaded from ftp site.
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 19:13:24 -0400
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I have a beginner's question:  How do I install the src distribution
files I have downloaded from an ftp site?  They are not tar-balled, and
pkg_install seems to require a tarred and zipped file?

Thanks!

Matt