Hi! On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:32:22PM +0100, Maxime DERCHE wrote: >[...]
>In short : >* you *need* an Internet access to install third party software (like >web browser, text processing tools, and so on); There are *some* packages delivered on the install CD. Or you can download packages on one machine and install them on another one (BTDT). >* you have to setup a network interface in order to download the >packages (see <http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Setup> for more >information, but all you actually have to do is setup >a /etc/hostname.<if> file, if this has not already been done in the >intitial installation process); >* you must setup the packaging tools, that is set the PKG_PATH >environment variable (see <http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Easy> >for more details); >* then you can install third party software with the pkg_add command >(pkg_add -i mozilla-firefox, for example). Or you pkg_add full_url_of_package. Of course, it's often more convenient with PKG_PATH. >[...] Kind regards, Hannah.
