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From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: I need XV Binary for FreeBSD!
Date: 8 Jun 1997 10:24:02 GMT
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Benjamin Lim <fade@earthling.net> wrote in
<339A7A23.41C67EA6@earthling.net>...
> Does anyone have XV, the graphics program for X for FreeBSD? I got the
> source but I could not complie it...its way too technical for my
> knowledge, if anyone knows where I can get a Binary of XV I'll be happy.
> Thanks.

It definitely isn't (too technical, that is).
Just install the "ports collection", then as "root" type

# cd /usr/ports/graphics/xv
# make install

Simple as that.

Patrick