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| author | Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-04-10 12:06:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-04-10 12:06:53 +0000 |
| commit | 11e20b1a00a8dd52e810e1a115fe8c09f4de6519 (patch) | |
| tree | db2505e6c2f0eb1d4f2ddf7df06668e24bf63e47 | |
| parent | 7dbd91ddd1cff803ccc9240e9ade8b974f03fcb7 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml | 41 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml index 634d53e2299c..43979d3853a0 100644 --- a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml +++ b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN"> -<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.42 1997/04/05 08:38:48 jkh Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.43 1997/04/10 10:20:46 brian Exp $ --> <article> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG' name='<pds@FreeBSD.ORG>'></tt> -Last updated: <date>$Date: 1997/04/05 08:38:48 $</date> +Last updated: <date>$Date: 1997/04/10 10:20:46 $</date> <abstract> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are @@ -1725,8 +1725,17 @@ options "CMD640" <sect1> <heading>Is there an easy way to get hold of applications?</heading> - <p> - Yes. We support the concept of a ``package'', which is + <p> + Yes. Please take a look at <url + url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ports/" name="the ports page"> + for software ported to FreeBSD. The list is growing daily, + so come back to check often. All ports here should work for + systems on either the 2.2 or 3.0 branch, and most of them + work for 2.1.x systems as well. CDROM people will have a + snapshot of this tree at the time of release in the + <tt>ports/</tt> directory on the CD. + + We also support the concept of a ``package'', which is essentially a gzipped binary distribution with a little extra intelligence embedded in it for doing any custom installation work required. Packages can also be installed or uninstalled @@ -1734,9 +1743,20 @@ options "CMD640" people will have a <tt>packages/</tt> directory on their CD, others can get the currently available packages from: - <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages" - name="FreeBSD's packages"> - + <descrip> + <tag>for 2.1.x-release</tag> + <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.1.7/" + name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.1.7/"> + <tag>for 2.2.1-release/2.2-stable</tag> + <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2/" + name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2/"> + <tag>for 3.0-current</tag> + <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-3.0/" + name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-3.0/"> + </descrip> + + or your nearest mirror site. + Note that all ports may not be available as packages, and that new packages are constantly being added. It is always a good idea to check periodically to see which packages are available. @@ -1745,6 +1765,13 @@ options "CMD640" explicit details will be given here. <sect1> + <heading>Where do I find libc.so.3.0?</heading> + <p> + You are trying to run a package for 2.2/3.0 on a 2.1.x + system. Please take a look at the previous section and get + the correct port/package for your system. + + <sect1> <heading>When I run a SCO/iBCS2 application, it bombs on <tt/socksys/.</heading> <p> |