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On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:59:00AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: > Hi: > > I come form the Debian Linux world and would like to know how I can > information about packages for installation. I use prots to install > some, but many of them I just want to install binary files. > > For eample, in Debian, I can use "apt-cache search mozilla" and this > will list all packages with mozilla in it and then I can select the > package for installation. > > In FreeBSD, when I run "pkg_add -r mozilla" I keep getting an error > stating that it could not download package ftp://....../mozilla.tgz. > > Is there a better way to find what ackages are available for > installation? > > Thanks in advance. > > -D > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Shawn Morris NTT/Verio IP Engineering v:312.621.7422 f:520.447.7082 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
