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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.seanet.com!wyvern.duosystems.com!bolsen From: bolsen@wyvern.duosystems.com (Bruce Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Newbie Questions Date: 19 Feb 1996 23:42:11 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4gb1sj$pdb@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <4g5lf3$i41@itchy.itsnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: odinn.seanet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] koiler@itsnet.com wrote: : I have FreeBSD 2.1 running on my machine. Before anyone tells me to buy a : book and take a class, I am doing both currently. : I want to get ppp or slip, preferably ppp, working so I can dial into my ISP. : I know all of the settings. I am not an idiot, just new to UNIX. : Secondly, I would like to install some programs, JPG/MPG viewers, FTP server : Stuff etc. How exactly do I do this. I have the makefiles for some, but Iget : the impression I have to be logged in through UNIX, refer to question #1. Can : Anyone help please. : Thank you in advance. See my earlier post in response to a similar request for info. cd into the /usr/share/docs/handbook directory and bring up the handbook.html file with lynx or your favorite browser. Section 3 has the poop on doing your config. -- +===============================================================+ | Bruce Olsen | Views expressed are my own, and not | | bolsen@duosystems.com | necessarily those of my company. | +===============================================================+