On Thu, 13 May 2004 19:42:23 +0800 (CST) Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> granted us these pearls of wisdom:
> Hi Nelis, > > > > Has any folk run 'Kxicq' on FreeBSD before. Can I > > > talk to my friend if he runs MSN on Windows? If > > NO > > > kindly advise what will be the solution. > > > > you may want to try Gaim > > http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ for MSN support > > and others. > > > > /usr/ports/net/gaim > > Hi Nelis, > > FreeBSD 5.2 > =========== > > Tks for your advice. > > # cd /usr/ports/ > # make search name=gaim > Port: gaim-0.73 > Path: /usr/ports/net/gaim > ...... > > But the lastest version is > gaim-0.77.tar.gz > which has been downloaded to > /usr/home/download/ > > I expect to install "gaim-0.77.tar.gz" > Can I perform as follow; > # cd /usr/home/download/ > # pkg_add gaim-0.77.tar.gz > > Or > installing the package starting from its tarball > # cd /usr/home/download/ > # tar zxvf gaim-0.77.tar.gz > # cd /usr/home/download/gaim-0.77 > # ./configure > # make > # make install > > Kindly advise. TIA > > B.R. > Stephen two quick options spring to mind, either (A) cvsup your ports to the latest or (B) install what is there then using portupgrade upgrade to the latest. HTH LukeK -- Luke Kearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"