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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers installing software Post 24723 by Phil Webb on Wednesday 17th of July 2002 03:08:20 AM
Old 07-17-2002
The easiest method to install software in FreeBSD is through the ports collection.

Log in as root then type /stand/sysinstall and hit enter.

Choose the Post-Install Configuration option then Add Pre-Packaged Software and away you go.

The other way is to pull a port or package down via ftp then in the directory you put it in type make install clean and you should be up and going. The port or package will pull all necessary dependencies in for you. Pretty slick eh?

As far as other software goes (For instance Applixware Office 5.0) it can be rather touch and go. You may have to figure out all the dependencis and install them yourself. For what its worth, I've not yet been able to get Applixware to work. Oh well.
 

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guess-helper

guess-helper(8) 						   NVRAM WakeUp 						   guess-helper(8)

NAME

       guess-helper - Tries  to  guess	the configuration by comparing four dumps of the NVRAM.

SYNOPSIS

       guess-helper

DESCRIPTION

       guess-helper  is  a helper program from the package nvram-wakeup.  It will guide you through the procedure of creating the files needed for
       the program guess and  eventually will run guess at the end. The output will be a configuration file which might even work ;-) Don't change
       any other BIOS settings you are not told to change until the procedure is finished.

       See README.mb for more details.

SEE ALSO

       nvram-wakeup(8), guess(8), README.mb

HOMEPAGE

       http://sf.net/projects/nvram-wakeup/

AUTHOR

       Written by Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs at the bug tracking system (see HOMEPAGE) or on the mailing list nvram-wakeup-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Sergei Haller.

       This  program  is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY	WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied	warranty  of  MER-
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