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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing "src" distribution downloaded from ftp site.
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:59:40 +1000
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Tony Griffiths wrote:
>
> Matthew R Willis wrote:
> >
> > I have a beginner's question: How do I install the src distribution
> > files I have downloaded from an ftp site? They are not tar-balled, and
> > pkg_install seems to require a tarred and zipped file?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Matt
> Have you looked at the README files? I believe that I have seen
> something like-
>
> # cat *.tgz | (cd /usr; tar xvzf -
^^^^^
WRONG
>
> in one of them! Basically, the tar has been 'sliced' into more
> managable 235 KB units so all you need to do it cat them together and
> then feed through an un-tar.
>
> Tony
My mind is going... Actually it packed it's bags and left years ago!!!
The sources are in files like sbin.{aa,ab,ac,...} but the cat and untar
is pretty much the same. In fact, isn't there an 'install.sh' file in
there somewhere which basically does this for you?