well you can always do /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb locate ports| grep wget
and cd to the port directory for wget make install clean :) or portinstall ftp/wget On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Mahesh Aravind <[email protected]> wrote: > >From: Basil Kurian <[email protected]> > >To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software" > ><[email protected]> > >Sent: Mon, 27 September, 2010 11:12:21 PM > >Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] BSD-GNU Differences (was Libre) > > > > > > > The Ports system is the thing in FreeBSD which i like most. Next good > thing is > > >the Packet Filter in OpenBSD. > > > > Ports is good. But from what I read there, it isn't as forgiving as APT. > The new > aptitude is takes up from an unclean install, power failure etc. Then you > have > apt-source if you want to compile your own :) > > But then again, YMMV. > > > > > > >I just documented everything which i find relevant in a wiki. I placing > the link > > > >here. May be it will be useful for someone here > > > >http://wiki.basil-kurian.co.cc/index.php/FreeBSD_basics > > An excellent list! :D > > Isn't curl present in FreeBSD? Curl can be better than wget, at times. > > chflags also has a ext3/4 equivalent -- chattr. lsattr lists the > attributes, > which enables you to see if immutable bit is set or not. > > The details are abundant, but not compelling enough to say FreeBSD is > superior > :) > > No offense! > > -- Mahesh Aravind > > > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > -- Anoop P Alias (PGP Key ID : 0x014F9953) GNU system administrator http://GnuSys.net
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