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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: man pages
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 11:36:51 +1000
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To: Munro <munro@bucktech.com>
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Munro wrote:
>
> I do not have fbsd's man pages installed and would like to install them
> if any one knows were I could down load them from I have a a high speed
> connection
> so size no concern.
>
> I would also like to get Xwindows as well. I've cruised the freebsd site
> and haven't found it....yet so if any one can point me to the exact
> location
> I would appreciate it..
I hope you don't "cruise" the highways the same way you cruise the 'net'
(with your eyes CLOSED) because you'd be a real danger to other
travellers...
The man pages are located, lo and behold, in the man directory of the
FreeBSD distribution. Basically, the directory tree goes like-
.../2.1.7.1-RELEASE/{floppies,bin,man,src,...}
Go and take a look at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/ and you should find it
there, however, there are also a great many mirror sites around the
world so look for one closest to you!
Once you have downloaded all the tarballs et al from the appropriate
directory, simply install via-
# cd <where-i-put-the-files>
# sh install.sh
and it is done!!!
>
> Thanks
> Sherman
> munro@bucktech.com
Tony