On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:17 AM, erik quanstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I suggest you install Fede's contrib package (a sort of package managment 
>> > system),
>> >
>> >        9fs sources
>> >        /n/sources/contrib/fgb/root/rc/bin/contrib/install fgb/contrib
>> >
>> > now you can list packages and install them - see man contrib
>> >
>> > some stuff is not in contrib packages, it is too small or the author does 
>> > not
>> > line contrib. These are usually downloaded as a tar file and can be built 
>> > using mk(1)
>> > (the plan9 equivilent of make) - much as packages are installed with 
>> > slackware (I beleive).
>> >
>> > -Steve
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Scripts can also just be cp'd straight to $home/bin
>
> steve's suggestion has the advantage that contrib itself
> can be managed with contrib.
>
> - erik
>
>

Yes, my suggestion is only for scripts which can't be installed with contrib.

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