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From: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu (Annelise Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Lynx!?!?!?!
Date: 19 Oct 1996 04:26:16 GMT
Organization: Stanford University
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Stephane Raimbault (bsw827@freenet.mb.ca) wrote:
: Hi!!!
: I need HELP!!!

: I am trying out FreeBSD and I would like to install Lynx as a FreeBSD
: package(you know when you type /stand/sysinstall you can go to custom
: install and install packages.  I would like to install Lynx but when it
: tries to retrieve the file it doesn't find the file.  I must install of
: disks unfortunately.  I probably need lynx in a certain directory on my
: disk but I don't know where.  Also I have the Lynx*.tgz file off
: ftp.freebsd.org and that's what I want to install.  Please help.

: I am running FreeBSD 2.1.5

: choa.
: Steph.

If the lynx*.tgz file is the package, you can use pkg-add:
/usr/sbin/pkg_add lynx*.tgz
should probably work.  It will put the binary in the appropriate
directory so you can run it from anywhere if the directory is in
your path.

Annelise