>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cstdenis >Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:42 AM >To: Anirban Adhikary; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: doubts on FreeBSD > > >Same as any other *nix operating system. Basically just follow the >installation instructions with the program. Common basic ones are... > >untar it > tar -zxf file.tar.gz >cd into the extracted dir > cd file/ >run the configure script if there is one. > ./configure >and compile it with make or if necessary gmake > make > > >But, if a program is in the ports tree you are better off using >that unless >you have specific reason not to. >
Most of the time - there are some ports that the authors make very strange decisions on, though. (ever tried the dspam port?) Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"