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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Lynx!?!?!?!
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 19:17:26 +0000
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Stephane Raimbault 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

The .tgz file is a package, not a port. Just cd to the directory that
contains it and the do a pkg_add lynx*  . The .tgz contains all of the
info needed to install Lynx and its pieces where they need to go.
-- 
Ken

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